The Globe and Mail
Naomi Buck
Last published April 2026 · On our record since 2015
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy2 pieces
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“By international standards, Canada's investment in education is on the low side. Amounting to some 11.2 per cent of total government expenditure, it falls significantly below the UNESCO benchmark of 15 to 20 per cent.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: School bathrooms have gone down the toilet – and that’s a serious problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 8, 2026
- Opinion: Violence in Canadian schools is reaching a tipping point. What needs to change?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2025
- Opinion: Ontarians should focus on the miserable state of our schools during this electionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 24, 2025
- Opinion: Youth violence is on the rise. Is social media to blame?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 12, 2024
- Opinion: Why are TDSB students being sent to rallies in the first place?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 29, 2024
- Opinion: Today’s kids need mandatory home-economics classes to learn vital life skillsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 29, 2024
- Opinion: School boards are not innocent in the social-media crisis playing out in classroomsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 1, 2024
- Opinion: ‘We can’t ignore this problem any longer.’ Why Canada’s largest school board is finally taking steps to address cellphones in classOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 18, 2024
- Opinion: Cellphones have taken over our schools, and it’s been a disaster for our kidsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2023
- Opinion: Cellphones have taken over our schools, and it’s been a disaster for our kidsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 31, 2023
- Opinion: The rise of seclusion rooms represents the failure of inclusion in schoolsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 19, 2023
- Opinion: Educational assistants make it possible for children to learn. For that, they deserve a living wageOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 2, 2022
- Opinion: The dog who couldn’t be: How our pet’s bad behaviour in the big city left us with impossible choicesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 18, 2022
- Opinion: When the school year fizzles out, we’re telling kids that education is optionalOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 27, 2022
- Opinion: Asking students to wear masks doesn’t have a downside. COVID has severalOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 17, 2022
- Opinion: Curiosity is at the core of education. Canada’s largest school board has showed a stunning lack of itOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 16, 2021
- Opinion: Toronto’s measures to prevent pedestrian deaths have fallen shortOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 1, 2021
- Opinion: The post-pandemic classroom shouldn’t be based around screensOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 26, 2021
- Opinion: COVID-19 has shown how unbreakable mothers are – underscoring the need for stronger child-care policiesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2021
- Opinion: Children face a deluge of excess screen time – inside the classroomOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 11, 2020
- Opinion: What’s scarier than Halloween? The thought of not celebrating it at allOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 12, 2020
- Opinion: We need to work together to get kids back in school – for their sake and for ours. Perfection isn’t necessaryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 3, 2020
- Opinion: Mothering during a pandemic: We do what needs to be done – and more on top of thatOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 9, 2020
- Opinion: An unintended pandemic effect: The important lessons kids learn at homeOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 21, 2020
- Opinion: If the Doug Ford government wants to be ‘for the people’, it should start with earning the respect of our kidsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 28, 2020
- Opinion: SUVs are killing the planet - and pedestrians. Why do Canadians continue to drive them?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 5, 2019
- Opinion: Why did our children stop walking to school?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 18, 2019
- When bullying, play restrictions make kids dread recess, we have a problemOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 20, 2019
- Removing caps on class sizes is a failure of both education and economicsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 24, 2019
- A holly, jolly Christmas – while the planet burnsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 20, 2018
- Lord of the Flies on wheels: A packed school bus needs adult supervisionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 1, 2018
- Doug Ford is failing on the education fileOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 26, 2018
- Absent teachers aren’t solving problems – they’re creating new onesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 21, 2018
- A hard lesson: The digital classroom can really failOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 17, 2018
- Canadians don’t know how to vacationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2018
- Canadians don’t know how to vacationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2018
- Canadians don’t know how to vacationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 1, 2018
- No ‘fake Christmas’ in our house: Only a real tree will doOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 14, 2017
- No ‘fake Christmas’ in our house: Only a real tree will doOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 14, 2017
- No ‘fake Christmas’ in our house: Only a real tree will doOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 14, 2017
- No ‘fake Christmas’ in our house: Only a real tree will doOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 14, 2017
- No ‘fake Christmas’ in our house: Only a real tree will doOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 14, 2017
- No ‘fake Christmas’ in our house: Only a real tree will doOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 14, 2017
- Kids on public transit – who could object to that?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 6, 2017
- Kids on public transit – who could object to that?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 6, 2017
- Kids on public transit – who could object to that?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 6, 2017
- Kids on public transit – who could object to that?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 6, 2017
- Kids on public transit – who could object to that?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 6, 2017
- Kids on public transit – who could object to that?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 6, 2017
- Opinion: Kids on public transit – who could object to that?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 5, 2017
- The Story of Us was not a failure. Ask my kidsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 2, 2017
- The Story of Us was not a failure. Ask my kidsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jun 2, 2017
- If kids need tutors, is French immersion up to the job?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
- If kids need tutors, is French immersion up to the job?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2017
- What is a fit penalty when a driver takes a pedestrian’s life?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 6, 2016
- What is a fit penalty when a driver takes a pedestrian’s life?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 6, 2016
- What is a fit penalty when a driver takes a pedestrian’s life?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 6, 2016
- Lunchtime lunacy: How the system is failing our kids Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 28, 2016
- Lunchtime lunacy: How the system is failing our kidsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2016
- Lunchtime lunacy: How the system is failing our kidsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2016