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Education
Research Report

School-Sector Influence on Graduate Outcomes and Flourishing

Findings from the 2023 Cardus Education Survey

Lynn E. Swaner Albert Cheng Jonathan Eckert

December 4, 2024

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Education
Policy Memo

Considerations for Independent Schools in Alberta’s School Construction Accelerator Program

As the Government of Alberta studies how to structure funding for independent schools in Alberta’s School Construction Accelerator Program, this brief outlines several considerations for the program’s design.

Catharine Kavanagh Andreae Sennyah

October 16, 2024

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Education
Policy Brief

Policy Brief: Capital Funding Boost for Alberta Independent Schools

We recommend that Alberta Education help address the overcapacity issue in schools through a one-time capital funding boost of $100 million for new and existing independent schools.

Catharine Kavanagh Michael Van Pelt Andreae Sennyah

September 6, 2024

Education
Research Report

Can We Call Them Credit Mills?

Assessing the Legitimacy of Some Independent Schools in Ontario

Joanna DeJong VanHof

June 24, 2024

Education
Research Report

Retooling Teacher Certification

Bridging the Vocational-Technical Teacher Gap in Alberta

David Hunt Brett Fawcett

June 13, 2024

Education
Perspectives Paper

The Progressive Case for Educational Pluralism

No, right-of-centre policymakers don't own the school choice movement. Progressives have been supporting educational pluralism at least since the 1960s.

Ashley Berner

May 14, 2024

Education
Research Report

Navigating AI in Christian Schools

The Association of Christian Schools International and Cardus share insights from a survey of ACSI member schools about their use of artificial intelligence and what educators think about it.

Lynn E. Swaner Rian Djita

May 6, 2024

Education
Research Report

Exploring Alberta’s Independent School Landscape

Diversity, Growth, and Trends

David Hunt Joanna DeJong VanHof

April 23, 2024

Education
Perspectives Paper

Charting New Horizons for Independent Education in Canada

Cardus senior fellow Deani Van Pelt analyzes Canada's trends in education and brings the leading edge of educational change in 2023.

Deani Van Pelt

December 13, 2023