The Geography of Opportunity

THE GEOGRAPHY OF OPPORTUNITY: WHAT’S NEEDED FOR BROADER STUDENT SUCCESS People for Education Annual Report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools 2016 The AnnuAl RepoRT on onTARio’s publicly Funded schools 2016 noTice oF copyRighT And inTellecTuAl pRopeRTy The People for Education tracking survey was developed by People for Education and the Metro Parent Network, in consulta- tion with parents and p [...] These strategies outline such things notably, the Auditor’s report found that the Ministry had as the types of food and drinks that can be sold in schools, failed to set up a monitoring system to ensure that school and the implementation of 20 minutes of mandatory daily boards are complying with the recommendations in its policy: physical activity.7 According to a report from the Auditor “…we foun [...] Annual Report on ontario’s publicly Funded schools 2016 The focus on health is evident in the upward trend in the •. 37% of elementary and 53% of secondary schools report percentage of Ontario elementary schools with a health having a regularly scheduled child and youth worker, and physical education teacher. [...] In 2016, an average of 17% of students in each elementary •. 91% of urban/suburban elementary schools school and 27% of students in each secondary school receive report having a full-time special education teacher, any assistance from the special education department. [...] The province The Ministry of Education makes decisions about how much The Ministry of Education provides funding to school boards money will be spent on education overall, and allocates based on a number of factors, including the number of funding to school boards based on a provincial funding for- students in a board, the number of schools, the percentage mula.