Independent schools contribute to the public good and deserve public support

Diversity is a good thing, it seems, except in education delivery, writes Cardus Executive Vice President Ray Pennings in the Toronto Star. 

North America's devotion to government-delivered education for children makes us global outliers, Pennings writes. Most of the world has educational systems with meaningful choice for parents regarding which school their kids will attend. Canada’s independent schools contribute to the public good and deserve public support.