Fundraising killing school equality: study

Fundraising killing school equality: study: "Fundraising killing school equality: study
Report finds some schools took in $400,000 last year while others collected nothing
Dakshana Bascaramurty, Ottawa Citizen
Published: Thursday, May 10, 2007

Ontario's public schools have been in fundraising overdrive, drawing in about half a billion dollars last year, a new report indicates.

Highly co-ordinated fundraising efforts by schools are not only covering the cost of extra learning tools and opportunities, but even basic classroom materials such as textbooks, according to People for Education, the non-profit organization that produced the report.

Yet the report found that while some schools raised as much as $400,000 last school year, others did no fundraising."