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Journal Article: Connecting the dots between extreme ideologies, "parent choice" and education privatization in Alberta and Canada (Ganshorn, H. (2024). Critical Education, 15(2). Published by Institute for Critical Education Studies)
Podcast: Parental Rights As A Smokescreen for Privatization with Heather Ganshorn (Public Good Podcast, February 2024)
Letter to the Editor: Albertans Deserve to Know How Big Classes Have Become (Alberta Views, October 2023)
Interview: Back to School with Support Our Students (The Breakdown, Sept. 3, 2023)
Book Review: Unequal Benefits: Privatization and Public Education in Canada (Sept. 1, 2023)
Podcast: The Commodification of Education in Alberta (PressProgress Sources Podcast, May 23, 2023)
OpEd: Charter schools erode public education (Edmonton Journal, March 3, 2023)
Populism, Polarization and Privatization in Alberta (The Monitor Mag, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, January 23, 2023)
Podcast: Public Conversations About Privatization - Provincial Privatization (Public Good Podcast)
Podcast: If we let these charter schools expand, it's going to be a loss of what public education really means (Public Good Podcast)
Virtual Webinar: Lunch and Learn - Supports for K-12 Education (Alberta Federation of Labour, Feb. 28, 2023)
Undermining Public Education (Education Forum, November 8, 2022)
OpEd: Beware 'privatization creep' in education system (Regina Leader-Post, Sept. 1, 2022)
Individualism Run Amok: Vouchers Mean the End of Public Education (Alberta Views, Sept 1, 2020)
Podcast: Parental Rights As A Smokescreen for Privatization with Heather Ganshorn (Public Good Podcast, February 2024)
Letter to the Editor: Albertans Deserve to Know How Big Classes Have Become (Alberta Views, October 2023)
Interview: Back to School with Support Our Students (The Breakdown, Sept. 3, 2023)
Book Review: Unequal Benefits: Privatization and Public Education in Canada (Sept. 1, 2023)
Podcast: The Commodification of Education in Alberta (PressProgress Sources Podcast, May 23, 2023)
OpEd: Charter schools erode public education (Edmonton Journal, March 3, 2023)
Populism, Polarization and Privatization in Alberta (The Monitor Mag, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, January 23, 2023)
Podcast: Public Conversations About Privatization - Provincial Privatization (Public Good Podcast)
Podcast: If we let these charter schools expand, it's going to be a loss of what public education really means (Public Good Podcast)
Virtual Webinar: Lunch and Learn - Supports for K-12 Education (Alberta Federation of Labour, Feb. 28, 2023)
Undermining Public Education (Education Forum, November 8, 2022)
OpEd: Beware 'privatization creep' in education system (Regina Leader-Post, Sept. 1, 2022)
Individualism Run Amok: Vouchers Mean the End of Public Education (Alberta Views, Sept 1, 2020)
> External resources (Alberta & Canada)
Opinion: 'Parental rights' legislation increases risk of harm for Alberta students (Corinne L. Mason & Leah Hamilton, Edmonton Journal, Jan. 29, 2024)
Are charter schools really about choice? (Karen Robson & Dr. Rochelle Wijesingha, Education Forum, Dec. 4, 2023)
Charter and Private Schools: A Threat to Public Education (Dr. Curtis Riep, presented by Edmonton Public Teachers Local 37, April 2023)
"Unequal Benefits: Privatization and Public Education in Canada" (Dr. Sue Winton, University of Toronto Press, 2022)
Private Schools Funding in Alberta: Scaling up Privatization (Dr. Curtis Riep, for Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, 2022)
A Review of K-12 Education Funding in Alberta (Dr. Curtis Riep, for Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, 2021)
Privatizing Public Choice: The Past, Present, and Future of Charter Schools in Alberta (Dr. Curtis Riep, for Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, 2020)
Charter schools: What you need to know about their anticipated growth in Alberta (Michael Mindzak, The Conversation, 07/07/20)
Are charter schools really about choice? (Karen Robson & Dr. Rochelle Wijesingha, Education Forum, Dec. 4, 2023)
Charter and Private Schools: A Threat to Public Education (Dr. Curtis Riep, presented by Edmonton Public Teachers Local 37, April 2023)
"Unequal Benefits: Privatization and Public Education in Canada" (Dr. Sue Winton, University of Toronto Press, 2022)
Private Schools Funding in Alberta: Scaling up Privatization (Dr. Curtis Riep, for Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, 2022)
A Review of K-12 Education Funding in Alberta (Dr. Curtis Riep, for Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, 2021)
Privatizing Public Choice: The Past, Present, and Future of Charter Schools in Alberta (Dr. Curtis Riep, for Public School Boards' Association of Alberta, 2020)
Charter schools: What you need to know about their anticipated growth in Alberta (Michael Mindzak, The Conversation, 07/07/20)
> External resources (International)
Opinion: After two decades of studying voucher programs, I'm now firmly opposed to them (J. Cowen, Hechinger Report, 20/07/22
School's out forever: Arizona moves "to kill public education" with new universal voucher law (K. Joyce, Salon, 01/07/22)
'School choice' policies are associated with increased separation of students by social class (Volante et al., The Conversation, 01/02/21)
School's out forever: Arizona moves "to kill public education" with new universal voucher law (K. Joyce, Salon, 01/07/22)
'School choice' policies are associated with increased separation of students by social class (Volante et al., The Conversation, 01/02/21)