The Government of Ontario’s preoccupation with containing and eliminating Covid-19 and its manifold harmful societal effects is, of course, entirely appropriate and the correct policy imperative of the moment. Paying no attention however – or worse – being indifferent to…

The creation by UJA Federation of Greater of the Generations Trust Scholarship, as we wrote last week, is a giant step at enabling more families to provide a Jewish day school education to their children. It is an innovative, positive…

The holiday of Pesach is the quintessential commemoration of Jewish history and peoplehood. Education – teaching and tender, loving hands-on instruction of children – by their parents, grandparents and other hoary heads, is the celebratory core of the holiday. How…

As we have written before, the federal government has given Ontario some $763 million through the Safe Return to Class Fund. The amount of the funds was calculated on the number of all children between the ages of 4-18 attending…

One year after Covid-19, communal educational professionals continue to take stock of what was gained, lost and learned over this past unprecedented year. Thus, this week we offer another observation of the way Jewish Day Schools navigated through the pandemic…

It was one year ago this month that society locked down to protect itself from the then still- unknown dread of Covid-19.  Our communal educational professionals are undoubtedly taking stock of what was gained, lost and learned over this unprecedented…

Last week, we pointed out that Ontario’s Minister of Education, Stephen Lecce, recently asked “everyone in the education space” – which includes, of course, the children, parents, staff and administrations of independent schools – “to collaborate in the interest of…

(This update is dedicated to the memory of David Wm. Brown) Ours is not the only independent school community whose sensibilities have been ignored and even betrayed by the Government of Ontario. This week a coalition of independent school spokespeople…

We have been advised that the Government of Ontario refuses to distribute to independent schools any of the monies from the federal government’s Safe Return to Class Fund because such schools operate as “independent businesses or non-profit organizations”. At a…

Ontario’s Minister of Education this week announced that the government was providing “an additional $381 million, provided through the federal government’s Safe Return to Class Fund to keep schools safe from COVID-19.” In making the announcement, Education Minister Stephen Lecce…