This report describes and analyzes fund-raising activities in Toronto elementary and secondary schools. Data were provided by 87 percent of the 158 Toronto school principals. The topics covered include: (1) kinds of activities, (2) frequency of activities, (3) extent of activities (grade level and type of school), (4) purposes (for school needs or…

This paper begins by reviewing evidence nationally, provincially, and locally that many students drop out of secondary school; that failure rates in core subjects in grades 9 and 10 in Ontario are high; and that ninth graders in Ontario reported being concerned about their school progress, their level of preparation and readiness for high school,…