Deani Van Pelt
Senior Fellow, Education
Deani Van Pelt is a Cardus Senior Fellow, the President of Edvance Christian Schools Association, and a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, where she formerly served as the Director of the Barbara Mitchell Centre for Improvement in Education.
Deani holds a B.Commerce (McMaster University), B.Ed. (University of Toronto), and Master's and Ph.D. in Education (Western University). She is an Ontario Certified Teacher and formerly taught in both Christian and public secondary schools. She was also previously Associate Professor of Education and Director of Teacher Education at Redeemer University College.
Writings
Funding All Students
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Pandemic Response: How Christian Independent Schools Responded to a Year of COVID-19
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Pandemic Pivot - Christian Independent Schooling During the Initial 2020 Lockdown
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Who Chooses Ontario Independent Schools and Why? (Summary)
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Who Chooses Ontario Independent Schools and Why?
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Who Chooses Independent Schools in British Columbia and Why?
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Innovate to Educate
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Educating Globally, Deciding Locally
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Education Reform in Canada
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Press Releases
Media Coverage
Educational Pluralism Puts Children and Families First
Sep 8, 2022
Independent Schools Offer Families Choice, Promote Social Cohesion
Sep 1, 2022
Should Independent Schools Receive Public Money?
Aug 18, 2022
Saskatchewan Qualified Independent Schools Explained
Aug 16, 2022
Private school students excluded from rapid testing program
Dec 3, 2021
Ontario Parents Seeking Options for Their Kids
Sep 12, 2019
Publicly-educated parents seeking other options for kids
Sep 11, 2019
Independent schools provide options 'a single, government-run school monopoly cannot provide'
Aug 25, 2019
Ontario funding for special education students is discriminatory
Apr 8, 2019
Special Education Funding Needs to Follow Student Needs
Mar 31, 2019