Ministry of Education

What does the research say?

The Ministry of Education is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Ontario's public education system. In this section, you will find information about the roles and responsibilities of the Ministry.

• 2011

  Education funding technical paper, 2011-12

  Ontario Ministry of Education, 2011. This annual background paper explains policy and assumptions behind Ontario’s funding formula.

• 2010

  A new goal for public education: Schools at the centre
  Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools 2010

  People for Education, 2010. Using data from the People for Education Annual School Survey, as well as information from the EQAO, Statistics Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Education, this.

• 2009

  Education funding technical paper, 2009-10

  Ontario Ministry of Education. This annual background paper explains policy and assumptions behind Ontario’s education funding formula.

• 2009

  Wanted: A renewed vision for public education
  Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools

  People for Education, 2009. The report tracks programs and resources in schools, including things like special education waiting lists, percentages of schools with music teachers and teacher-librarians, fundraising amounts and.

• 2009

  Ontario’s urban & suburban schools: a prescription for change

  People for Education, 2009. The recommendations in this report are based on a discussion paper developed by People for Education in 2008.

• 2008

  Ontario’s urban & suburban schools

  People for Education, 2008. This discussion paper examines the unique aspects of schools and communities in Ontario municipalities with populations of over 200,000.

• 2003

  Ontario’s Northern Schools, 2003

  People for Education, 2003. This report focuses on the areas where northern schools differ most markedly from schools in the rest of the province, using data from P4E surveys and.