We all benefit from a quality, accessible, inclusive public education system, whether we have children in school or not. Quite simply, public education is a public good. It’s key to a healthy democracy and thriving society. However, that public good is threatened when chronic underfunding opens the door to increasing privatization and children, their families/caregivers, and school staff are seen as a captive market. In education, privatization takes on many forms and often comes with strings attached. Whatever the form, however, it ultimately serves to exacerbate the impact of underfunding and increase inequality.
IPE/BC articles and research
What’s left of public education when the left starts to leave
The impact of the new rights on the privatization of education
Choice: The formula for inequality
The many faces of privatization
Education technology: The Trojan Horse of privatization
Beyond resistance to privatization: Rebuilding and reclaiming public education
Moving beyond resistance to privatization
Additional sources of information
Whose schools? Tracking privatization in public education
Students and public education before profit
Enduring privatization of public education in Canada
Whose schools? Tracking privatization in public education
Unequal benefits: Privatization and public education in Canada
Contacts
School Board Chairs and School District Superintendents
Education Associations and Advocacy Organizations