The Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail both published stories about the release of a new report outlining declining enrollment and school closings in Ontario. Coverage of the report was mixed with neither providing background about the organization that published the report People for Education, although the Toronto Star referred to it as a "lobby group." The Toronto Star's coverage didn't mention Dalton McGuinty as much as the Globe's story, which included these references to McGuinty:
- ...the self-described “Education Premier” said the number of schools across the province is no measure of Ontario's education system. For every school that has closed under the Liberals, Mr. McGuinty said a new one has been built.
- “Schools open and close in the natural order of things,” Mr. McGuinty said Wednesday before a cabinet meeting. “The issue is, how are we doing in terms of academic achievement?
School closures aren't all bad, he added.
- “If (school boards) can put more money into supports for kids and less money into supporting buildings which aren't really serving their intended purpose, that's probably a good thing.”
Full Globe Story (Toronto Star story in previous post)
The 11 page report is available here.
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