Education

Do Government Research Grants Support Research?

If you’ve been hanging around The Audit for long enough you’ll have seen my assessments of the limited value of some publicly funded academic research…

21 hrs ago • David Clinton

Why Do So Many Canadian Parents Pay for What Public Schools Give Away?

With Canadian public schools spending an average of $18,120 per student, it’s striking that many non-profit independent schools deliver education at…

Jan 7 • David Clinton

Another Look At the Vanishing Public School Student

I know this is something I first addressed back in mid-2024.

Dec 10, 2025 • David Clinton

Why Does Canada "Lead" the World in Funding Racist Indoctrination?

IMPACT-se just released their Review of the 2025-2026 Palestinian Authority School Curriculum (Grades 1-12).

Dec 7, 2025 • David Clinton

What Does Grokipedia Know About Canada?

As you might have heard, Elon Musk just brought version 0.1 of his new Grokipedia encyclopedia online.

Nov 5, 2025 • David Clinton

Is Canada Wasting Millions on Redundant Health Studies?

Dr Adam Cifu - over at Sensible Medicine - recently listed ten health-related areas that require exactly zero new research projects.

Sep 11, 2025 • David Clinton

What’s Shaping Canada’s Teachers? Decoding Education Syllabi Trends

I just discovered a promising data resource: the Open Syllabus project. The project gleefully hoovers up descriptions of post secondary course syllabi…

Sep 7, 2025 • David Clinton

Inside the Quiet Power of the Ontario College of Teachers

As we’ve already discovered, professional regulatory associations are critical parts of any functioning society, but they don’t always deliver ideal…

Aug 28, 2025 • David Clinton

The State of Canadian Public Libraries

I have to begin with three important disclaimers:

Jul 16, 2025 • David Clinton

Why Are Ontario's Public Schools So Violent?

And the award for lifetime outstanding achievement in understatement goes to...

Jun 18, 2025 • David Clinton

Is Education Good for You?

Why hasn't anyone seriously tested education policy alternatives by analyzing moral outcomes

May 25, 2025 • David Clinton

The Impact of K-12 Education Employment on Student Outcomes

Back in the summer of 2024, I ranked Canadian provinces for educational outcomes using my very own custom Education Success Index (ESI).

May 14, 2025 • David Clinton

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