We were asked who funds School Board Research. No one does. So we asked who funds the people who set your board's budget. We read 849 trustee campaign statements from 2022, before clerks' duty to keep them ends on 15 November. schoolboardresearch.ca/2026/…
ALT School Board Research. Who Funds Trustee Campaigns? What 849 campaign financial statements from the 2022 trustee elections show.
The 2026 Board Report Card is public. We read what all 72 Ontario school boards publish on codes of conduct, bullying prevention and accessibility. No board met every requirement tested. Look up your board: schoolboardresearch.ca/board…
ALT School Board Research. The 2026 Board Report Card is public. 72 school boards. No board met every requirement tested.
Good Governance: In their own words. 122 Ontario trustee candidates answered our question on board policies. The most common idea: a policy has to work in practice, not only on paper. A quarter mentioned timelines for fixing gaps. schoolboardresearch.ca/2026/…
ALT School Board Research. Good Governance: In their own words. Two quotes from new trustee candidates: Compliance is the floor, and it comes before anything new (Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB). Compliance should be the minimum standard, not the finish line (Waterloo Region DSB). Of those who opened our email, 21 per cent of new candidates answered, and 3 per cent of sitting trustees running again.
Ontario's mandatory trustee training in 2025 required only 6 of 21 modules. Roles, policymaking and planning were left optional. The board elected Monday is responsible for adopting its policies and plans. schoolboardresearch.ca/2026/…
ALT School Board Research. Trustee training required six of 21 modules. The modules on roles, policymaking and planning were left optional.
Ontario's rules promise parents a way to report, a person to contact and communication they can read. No board's code of conduct names a role and a method for reporting, and five boards' bullying documents say where and with whom a parent reports. schoolboardresearch.ca/2026/…
ALT School Board Research. Promised to Parents, Not Provided. Reporting paths, contacts and communication at 72 Ontario school boards.
Of the 138 accessibility policies, plans and status reports Ontario school boards post as PDFs, 111 fail at least one measured accessibility check. No board met all fifteen requirements tested. Your board: schoolboardresearch.ca/board…
ALT School Board Research. Accessibility documents: no board met all fifteen requirements tested. 111 of the 138 policies, plans and status reports posted as PDFs fail at least one measured accessibility check.
Bullying: 25 of Ontario's 72 school boards publish neither the plan nor the policy PPM 144 describes, and almost none tells a parent what happens after a report. Our article: schoolboardresearch.ca/2026/…
ALT School Board Research. Said, Not Shown. Ontario school boards say they deal with bullying. What they publish says less.
PPM 128 was updated in 2024. The requirements added then are the ones Ontario school boards' codes of conduct most often leave out. What 72 boards' codes still miss: schoolboardresearch.ca/2026/…
ALT School Board Research. Updated, Not Implemented. What 72 codes of conduct still leave out.
Bullying prevention: no Ontario school board met all fourteen PPM 144 requirements tested, and 25 of 72 boards publish neither a board plan nor a board policy. Your board: schoolboardresearch.ca/board…
ALT School Board Research. Bullying prevention: no board met all fourteen requirements tested. 25 boards publish neither a board plan nor a board policy.
Can a school bring every student to the provincial standard? EQAO's own data says yes: each year hundreds of Ontario schools have every Grade 3 or Grade 6 student at the standard in a subject, including large and higher-poverty schools. schoolboardresearch.ca/2026/…
ALT School Board Research. Every Student, Every Year: Ontario schools that bring whole classes to the standard.
Codes of conduct: we read the documents of all 72 Ontario school boards against PPM 128. No board met all eight requirements tested. Two of the four requirements added in 2024 are met by no board. Your board: schoolboardresearch.ca/board…
ALT School Board Research. Codes of conduct: no board met all eight requirements tested. Two of the four requirements added in 2024 are met by no board.