Parents walk their children to school in North Vancouver on Sept. 10, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
Over the past three decades, parents and voters in Canada have seen their influence over education decline as school boards have grown larger and decision-making has become more centralized, a new study says.
Published on Jan. 5 by the think tank Aristotle Foundation, the study examines the steady decline in the number of local school boards in Canada, a trend that has given rise to larger regional boards that centralize administration, resources, and policies in pursuit of greater efficiency. It argues, however, that their growing size now limits their ability to represent local interests.
