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Public Schools, Private Money Intersecting Determinants of Health and Well-being

Public Schools, Private Money Intersecting Determinants of Health and Well-being. Lesley Johnston Social Planning Toronto. Education – The Great Equalizer.

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Public Schools, Private Money Intersecting Determinants of Health and Well-being

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  1. Public Schools, Private Money Intersecting Determinants of Health and Well-being Lesley Johnston Social Planning Toronto

  2. Education – The Great Equalizer Goal – A quality public education system to support the development of the whole child so that all students, regardless of family income, have the opportunity to become healthy and responsible citizens

  3. Child and Family Poverty In Toronto poverty levels rose from 24% in 1990 to 32% in 2005 (Campaign 2000, 2010) In 2012 383,000 Ontario children lived in poverty (Campaign 2000, 2013)

  4. Family Income (JK-Grade 6) by Ethno-racial Group (TDSB, 2013)

  5. Poverty is geographically concentrated (Hulchanski, 2007)

  6. Geographic Distribution of Student Population by Family Income (JK-Grade 6) (TDSB, 2013)

  7. School Board Funding

  8. Fees and Fundraising Over $500 Million entered the public system as private funds (People for Education, 2011) Often for services and equipment that used to be provided by the school system (People for Education, 2009)

  9. Average Funds Raised by TDSB Elementary Schools by LOI Quintile, 2009 Source: Winsa and Rushowy, 2011; TDSB, 2011

  10. “Fundraising in the schools contributes to the creation of “Have” and “Have-not” schools. Some schools raise $200k. Others raise $0. I wonder what a tour of schools at either extreme would reveal in terms of what differences you would find in the classrooms, library, gym, art supply cabinets, yard and playground. What about the before and after school activities and programs? What about lunchtime extracurricular? What about field trips - how many, where?”

  11. The collection of private monies to cover additional public costs presents a real threat to equality of opportunity for students and leads inevitably to inequitable outcomes.

  12. Policy Options Funding Education Fees Fundraising Foundations Centralized Equity Fund Parents

  13. Thank-you!

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