Browsing Tag 'Rising Tuition'
By Asher Greenberg For those unfamiliar with the debate, the problem and solution can seem rather simple. Ontario funds both public and Catholic schools, but it does not fund any other faith-based or religious schools. The United Nations twice ruled Ontario’s system unfair. Elections have been fought and lost over the question of whether to extend funding to [...]
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Enrollment in Ontario’s private Muslim schools has multiplied. But so have the tuition costs. Zainab Hasan and Shelyna Khalfan discuss why they send their children to Islamic school. By Asher Greenberg I’ve been in the building less than five minutes and I have already committed a cultural faux pas. I awkwardly withdraw my hand [...]
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By Asher Greenberg It costs more than undergraduate education, every year. In today’s multicultural Ontario, it can cost $5-10,000 per year, per child to send your kids to a religious or faith-based private school. If you’re not in the Catholic system, that is. This at a time when the middle class is shrinking. In the last [...]
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Not that long ago, the non-Catholic Christian system was the public education system in Ontario. Today, these Christian schools are private – and struggling. Crystal Moore, a born-again pastor from Peterborough and mother of four girls, is trying to balance her values and her pocketbook. By Asher Greenberg Crystal Moore and her family live [...]
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Many Jewish elementary schools charge over $10,000 a year in Ontario. These are not prep schools. Why do many parents endure the financial sacrifice when a public school is around every corner? By Asher Greenberg Eddie and Ita Tobis are a young Orthodox Jewish couple. Two and a half year-old Josh will be starting [...]
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