By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press A national charity is putting Manitoba\u2019s school system under the microscope as it develops a plan to protect and bolster publicly funded classrooms across Canada. \u201cWinnipeg is a site of a lot of learning for the rest of the country on reconciliation in the school system and more broadly,\u201d said Paris Semansky, co-executive director of People for Education. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s perfect. That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s done, but there\u2019s clear and demonstrable progress that \u2014 really critically \u2014 seems to cross partisan lines.\u201d People for Education, founded by a group of Toronto parents in 1996, has typically focused on research and policy-making initiatives in Ontario. The non-partisan organization\u2019s latest project broadens its scope while acknowledging that education is under… <\/p>\n
By Maggie Macintosh, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Free Press A national charity is putting Manitoba\u2019s school system under the microscope as it develops a plan to protect and bolster publicly funded classrooms across Canada. \u201cWinnipeg is a site of a lot of learning for the rest of the country on reconciliation in the school system and more broadly,\u201d said Paris Semansky, co-executive director of People for Education. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s perfect. That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s done, but there\u2019s clear and demonstrable progress that \u2014 really critically \u2014 seems to cross partisan lines.\u201d People for Education, founded by a group of Toronto parents in 1996, has typically focused on research and policy-making initiatives in Ontario. The non-partisan organization\u2019s latest project broadens its scope while acknowledging that education is under... <\/p>\n