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Randall Denley: Special education for Ontario kids is a steaming mess

Some auditor general reports embarrass a government. Others ought to make people in charge hang their heads in shame. This is the latter

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This hasn’t been a great week for Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra. The steaming mess that Ontario calls special education has been fully exposed in a new report from provincial Auditor General Shelley Spence. It’s a story of how students with special needs are being shortchanged by a lax, confusing and underfunded system.

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Some auditor general reports do no more than embarrass a government for standard incompetence. Others ought to make the people in charge hang their heads in shame. This is the latter.

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Calandra can’t be blamed for weak performance on special ed. He’s only been minister for a little over a year and the problems have existed for far longer. The current minister is, however, the one who faces the difficult task of reforming things.

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