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Support for alternative schools: The real issue on private schools, says Lyle McBurney, is can parents have the freedom to select a school with a cultural, religious or special education dimension unavailable from the public system?
Support for alternative schools: The real issue on private schools, says Lyle McBurney, is can parents have the freedom to select a school with a cultural, religious or special education dimension unavailable from the public system?

Support for alternative schools: The real issue on private schools, says Lyle McBurney, is can parents have the freedom to select a school with a cultural, religious or special education dimension unavailable from the public system?

Date10/14/1981
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No public funds: Doug Little, a trustee on the Toronto Board of Education, says no money should be given to support private schools
No public funds: Doug Little, a trustee on the Toronto Board of Education, says no money should be given to support private schools
9/16/1985
Won battle: Dashminder Sedhev's parents have been vindicated in their challenge to a private school's ban on the turbans Sikhs wear
Won battle: Dashminder Sedhev's parents have been vindicated in their challenge to a private school's ban on the turbans Sikhs wear
3/16/1988
New principal: Walter Sinclair, who is taking over the top job at Duke of York public school, says schools must communicate with parents.
New principal: Walter Sinclair, who is taking over the top job at Duke of York public school, says schools must communicate with parents.
8/28/1969
Critical of Canadian education system: George Martell, one of the founders of This Magazine is About Schools, a periodical dealing with concepts of education, has edited book titled The Politics of the Canadian Public School, a radical look at the school system
Critical of Canadian education system: George Martell, one of the founders of This Magazine is About Schools, a periodical dealing with concepts of education, has edited book titled The Politics of the Canadian Public School, a radical look at the school system
7/24/1974
Mark Baker, student president at the school, had earlier recommended a race-relations department to deal with the issue. We need it to sort out differences so they don't escalate to this point, Baker, a Grade 13 student, said yesterday. He is being credited for defusing last week's crisis by going on the school's public address system.
Mark Baker, student president at the school, had earlier recommended a race-relations department to deal with the issue. We need it to sort out differences so they don't escalate to this point, Baker, a Grade 13 student, said yesterday. He is being credited for defusing last week's crisis by going on the school's public address system.
9/17/1990
Black-focused' education: Tracy Stewart, 18, a student at the Subway Acadmy alternative school, believes settling up schools that emphasize black studies is a good idea
Black-focused' education: Tracy Stewart, 18, a student at the Subway Acadmy alternative school, believes settling up schools that emphasize black studies is a good idea
12/7/1992
Michael Doyle, says parents often blame schools for children's drug, alcohol problems.
Michael Doyle, says parents often blame schools for children's drug, alcohol problems.
2/28/1977
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
Class of '87: Dr. Hilroy Thomas, right, is opening private schools in Scarborough and Etobicoke to help students, labled under-achievers, make the grade. He says individual attention and small classes can raise a student's grade by one year. These students are catching up this summer.
8/17/1987
Crackower: Board chariman says one alternative if the kids are leaving and acting up is to close the schools.
Crackower: Board chariman says one alternative if the kids are leaving and acting up is to close the schools.
10/22/1979
Man in the middle: Bernard Shapiro, the man hired by Queen's Park to weigh the pros and cons of government grants for private schools, says there may be a need for schools of all types side by side
Man in the middle: Bernard Shapiro, the man hired by Queen's Park to weigh the pros and cons of government grants for private schools, says there may be a need for schools of all types side by side
1/7/1985
It's disappointment, but he'll go on sending his children to Catholic separate schools despite Ontario Premier William Davis decision not to grant further tax support to these schools, says Ron Stewart of Scarborough
It's disappointment, but he'll go on sending his children to Catholic separate schools despite Ontario Premier William Davis decision not to grant further tax support to these schools, says Ron Stewart of Scarborough
8/31/1971
Filling need: Ted Shafron, left, president of KTS Systems Group, and Gary Tile, vice-president, are finding success in selling specialized computer systems by concentrating on three disparate groups - advertising agencies, non-profit organizations and private schools
Filling need: Ted Shafron, left, president of KTS Systems Group, and Gary Tile, vice-president, are finding success in selling specialized computer systems by concentrating on three disparate groups - advertising agencies, non-profit organizations and private schools
1/8/1988