Fundraising fever – private money for Ontario public schools widens education gap

June 10, 2012

The need to fundraise stemming from inadequate funding is making it necessary for Ontario schools to bulk up on private dollars, sometimes even for the basics.  With the top 10 per cent of fundraising schools bringing in the same amount of money as the bottom 75 per cent combined, reliance on fundraising dollars as a core component of education funding further increases the inequity between schools.  Read more at Niagara This Week.