The bullying of Retaeh Parsons that led to her suicide is just the latest manifestation of a massive wave of bullying that just seems to keep on building. It's too late to help Retaeh, but for goodness sakes let's try to learn something from her death.

Everyone agrees that there...

More homegrown Canadian terrorists -- this time, three seemingly-ordinary boys from London, Ontario.
• Aaron Yoon -- a Korean-Canadian Catholic who converted to Islam in his teens
• Ali Medlej -- a Lebanese-Canadian Muslim whose father had anglicized his name to Medley
• Xristos Katrisoubas...

Jacob is only 10 years old, and already he has a big problem. He can't read. And that's not all. Jacob has recently become very disruptive in class. Yesterday his teacher decided to send him for testing.

Two years ago, Jacob was referred to an optometrist because his teacher thought...

When Dalton McGuinty became premier of Ontario in 2003, one of his main ambitions was to improve the academic performance of the province's students. As a result, he was very proud and happy when the province's testing body, the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) reported rising test scores year...

What's up with the Ontario teachers' unions? One of them has been offering extra-curricular activities all throughout the political protests over the Liberal government's Bill 115; one of them has just changed its mind and decided to offer extra-curricular activities; and one of them won't budge.

On the face of...

In the world of education, these days Finland is like a rock star. Finnish experts are all over the media, describing the "Finnish education miracle" and suggesting that other countries copy their practices.

Just the other day, for example, Pasi Salsberg (a big education cheese in Finland) was on...

According to a recent analysis by the Fraser Institute, Ontario's finances are in a much worse state than California's. Even though California's economy is almost three times bigger than Ontario's, the province's total debt is almost two-thirds larger.

For the sake of future generations, we need to take...

And Kathleen Wynne makes six -- six female Canadian premiers, that is.

It used to be that the arrival of a female premier was big news, but it's getting to the point that pretty soon the arrival of a male premier is going to make headlines. What's going on...

Last week I wrote that the Ontario teachers' union is stirring up labour unrest because the government won't give them any more money.

Several indignant readers wrote in to say I had totally misread the situation -- that the teachers' union wasn't concerned about money...

Someone once said that if you want loyalty, buy a dog.

That's especially true in the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately, stab-your-one-time-friends in-the-back, rough and tumble world of politics, where the concept of loyalty is almost non-existent.

The Ontario Liberal government knows this all too well.