Commentary
Next to health care, education is the second most expensive line item in every provincial budget. It’s not surprising that education is a major topic during the current Ontario election campaign.
Politicians from all parties are making plenty of education campaign pledges. Too bad most of these promises would have little impact on student academic achievement, and in some cases, would do more harm than good.
For example, both the Ontario Liberals and the NDP say they will reduce class sizes. The Liberals went furthest with a pledge to cap class sizes at only 20 students for all grade levels and in all subjects. To meet this pledge, the Liberals say they will hire an extra 10,000 teachers for Ontario public schools….