Governors, premiers talk transportation
Talk of harmonizing truck regulations dominated a meeting of New England governors and eastern Premiers. Harmonization has been a topic of several papers and Commentaries on Atlantica.
Provincial test results not the end of the world; but they could be
Pressure from AIMS finally has the Nova Scotia Department of Education releasing school by school student achievement data. AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains that it's not just the release of data that is important, but the use of that information to improve the education syste school by school that matters.
Saint John: Canada’s new energy hub
This article in the Christian Science Monitor explains that the US Northeast will obtain oil, gas, and nuclear energy from projects costing $16 billionin the New Brunswick region. However, it also talks about the fear some residents have that the new initiatives will lead to pollution and negative health effects.
Three questions for Ontario candidates
In this op/ed that appeared in The Toronto Star, David MacKinnon, AIMS senior fellowin fairness in Confederation, the Ontario Perspective, provides Ontario residents with three questions they should ask during this federal election.
To be a bigger region, we need to be bigger people
In this Commentary requested by the New Brunswick Business Journal, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill points out that in order to succeed this region needs to start working for each other, rather than against each other.
Recall the riches of the railway
A talk by AIMS President Brian Lee Crowley to the Maine Citizens' Trade Committee of the State Legislature is the basis of this feature in the New Brunswick Business Journal. It uses the example of 19th century Chicago to show how economic development can make N.B. prosperous.
In education, choice works
In this op/ed in The National Post, AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains why choice works in public education. He says residents of Ontario should be fighting to increase choice in their province, not encouraging a monopoly.
Ranking schools rankles teachers
Finally, the Halifax Regional School Board is going to do what AIMS has said is in the best interest of public education - release school by school results. In this article in the Chronicle-Herald, AIMS Executive Vice President, Charles Cirtwill, speaks about the Nova Scotia Teachers Union's objection to publishing the results from the standardized tests.
‘Yes, Minister’ ethos prevails at Education Department
This op/ed by AIMS Executive Vice President Charles Cirtwill appeared in newspapers around Nova Scotia. It explains why the provincial government missed out on an opportunity for real reform when it reviewed chool board governance. Cirtwill says it's time for Nova Scotia to embrace school choice and site-based management.
The Beacon – 09 September 2008
Thinking outside the box with education - looking at less with government - and changing policy for the changing labour market - all this and more in this Beacon.