Excellence in short supply in Atlantic Canadian High Schools
Only one school earns an A in this year's AIMS Report Card
Only one school earns an A in this year's AIMS Report Card
The AIMS 4th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools has been released. AIMS encourages parents, students, educators and policy makers to use the Report Card as a guide. It tells you where you should be asking questions and what types of questions you should be asking, so that you know what is going on in our public schools.
AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley was one of seven people invited to speak to the Cross Border Roundtable.
For the third day in a row, the Moncton Times & Transcript carried a story about the 4th Annual AIMS Report Card on High Schools in Atlantic Canada. This story provides an indepth look at the results for local schools and provides an example of how the Report Card can be used to find out what's going on in your school.
In his fortnightly column, Brian Lee Crowley uses a little geometry to prove that constitutional change is the kiss of death. And he asks "Why take on something as politically unpopular and uncertain of success as constitutional reform when a reformed Senate would make your own life hell if you are in government in Ottawa?"
No longer are US ports talking about the possibility of congestion, rather they are talking about when the system becomes congested. This article in the Journal of Commerce indicates the time is near, which could be a help to ports in Atlantica, if they are ready.
The Newfoundland government should use the KISS rule while playing in the oil and gas field - 'Keep It Stable and Straightforward'. AIMS Fellow Peter Fenwick explains why in this commentary.
From Commons Committees to Senate hearings, from commentaries to research papers, AIMS was talking about fiscal imbalance before it became the hot topic at the first ministers' table. As this article that appeared in newspapers across the country indicates, political and economic analysts are just now catching up on a topic AIMS brought to the national agenda.
Other Boards still not honouring Freedom of Information obligations
Neil Reynolds, National Affairs columnist for the Report on Business section of The Globe and Mail uses AIMS' research to examine Canada's equalization program. In this column, Reynolds echoes AIMS' position that equalization actual does more harm than good. He says it's time to cut up the credit cards.