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Ontario seeks leave to appeal Judge Papageorgiou’s ruling that GAJE be heard in court

Last week we reported that Judge Eugenia Papageorgiou of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decided that GAJE should be allowed to plead its case for fairness in educational funding. Judge Papageorgiou did not decide upon the merits of our

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The Court says GAJE’s application should proceed

This past week the Ontario Superior Court of Justice rendered its decision on the motions by the governments of Ontario and Canada to strike GAJE’s application for fairness in educational funding. Judge Papageorgiou decided that the application against the Government

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The opportunity to reimagine education

It appears Ontario’s public education system is once again heading toward crisis and disruption. As reported in the news this week, the unions representing elementary and secondary school teachers are respectively in various stages of preparing for a strike vote.

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Ontario’s educational funding is opposite to the Human Rights Code

GAJE still awaits the decision of Judge Papageorgiou on the motion brought by the governments of Ontario and Canada to strike our application for fairness in educational funding in Ontario. As soon as we know her decision, we will share

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Minister’s ‘back to basics’ – but not for all Ontario children

Earlier in the week, Ontario’s Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, announced that his ministry had implemented the first set of regulations pursuant to The Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act. The legislation and the regulations are aimed at enabling the government “to

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In praise of graduates of independent schools

From time to time, we point to educational public policy research by Cardus, a public policy think tank, that relates to the heart of the cause that GAJE is pursuing. In this week’s update, we turn readers’ attention to an

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Educating our teenagers from out of the box

Since GAJE believes that Jewish education – in all its forms – is vital, we have informed readers of the progress of ADRABA, the innovative, creative, responsive, online Jewish school that provides a hands-on, for-credit, unique learning experience. We are

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Timely reminders

In a recent communication to the community, UJA Federation of Greater Toronto reported that enrolment in day school education continues to grow. According to the Federation, more than 800 new students have been added to UJA’s partner day schools since

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One principle, but unequal application

The CJN reported last week that the government of Ontario has announced it will enable families to have access to faith-based daycares of their choice. On June 30, Minister of Education Stephen Lecce – in the company of Solicitor General

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Still contributing to the discussion on day school affordability

Two years ago, in July 2021, we wrote how “Ontario’s anachronistic, unfair, discriminatory educational funding policies” were attracting the attention of scholars and students at home and abroad. Specifically, we pointed to an essay by Prof. Randal F. Schnoor of

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