Society for Quality Education
About Us
Question: Who are the people behind the Society for Quality Education and why is there so much passion about school choice?
Answer: This is a very important question! We’re just like you – parents, educators, and citizens who believe the poor quality of our education system can no longer be ignored. Many of us learned the hard way that public schools are failing our children. We discovered that today’s school boards are unimaginably bureaucratic and unaccountable. For many of us, this discovery (and the implications for our children’s futures) was one of the most painful experiences in our lives. Some of us were forced to find expensive private alternatives for our children. As we watched real learning taking place, while at the same time making huge financial sacrifices, we simply could no longer accept that quality schools should be out of reach for most families. Now we’re determined to do something about it! In Ontario, the status quo is unacceptable and unsustainable. School systems around the world have implemented better and more equitable ways to teach children. We want to be an agent for change; a force for better-quality schools. We’re up against a powerful inter-locking monopoly – the teachers’ unions, the school boards, the faculties of education, ministry officials, and other vested interests – and we need your help. Will you join us?
Articles by Society for Quality Education
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Learning to Read
A Short History What is Whole Language/Balanced Literacy? Does Whole Language/Balanced Literacy Work? A Better...
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SQE Policy On Teaching Children To Read
Schools should provide every child a learning-to-read program based on systematic phonics. Emphasis should at first be...
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What is the Role of School Boards?
The responsibilities and funding of school boards should continue to be gradually reduced. Why? The current trustee...
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Should Small Schools With Low Enrollment Be Closed?
Small schools should not be subject to arbitrary closure and should be maintained where good education can be provided...
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How Can Accountability Be Increased?
Ultimately, parents and the community, not educators, should be in control of public education. Why? Over the course...
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Why Don't Public Schools Adopt Proven Practices?
Because they do not have to face significant competition from other education providers, public schools have no...
Topics: Choosing a Public School -
How Can Student Achievement be Increased?
Instead of top-down measures, the government should employ bottom-up pressure by providing educators with incentives to...
Topics: Choosing a Public School -
What About Older Students' Reading Problems?
All students of average intelligence or better can be taught to read at an age-appropriate level or better. Nearly all...
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How Can Beginning Reading Be Improved?
Kindergarten and grade 1 teachers should be provided with good systematic phonics materials and given training in how to...
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What You Can Do When The School Board Threatens to Close a Community School
Changing demographics coupled with increasing funding pressures are causing many school boards to look at closing...
Topics: How to Get Involved at School
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