In the Media

AIMS' report, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse" has generated a lot of debate across the country, but some of the message seems to have been lost. In this opinion piece for the National Post Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, and two of the report's co-authors argue that much of the blame for the state of education rests on our heads.

AIMS' paper on teachers' unions entitled, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse" continues to generate debate around the country. This editorial from the Times & Transcript is an example. While not agreeing with everything in the AIMS' paper, it does show the paper has people talking about the public policy issue.

This editorial from the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal says that AIMS' report on teachers' unions has a lot to offer N.B. Education Minister Kelly Lamrock. Specifically, New Brunswick should replace teachers' right to strike with binding arbitration.

AIMS' report on teachers' unions, "Getting the fox out of the school house" has generated significant debate on the role that unions play in developing educational policy. In this piece Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, notes how we shouldn't afford unions the same goodwill we do teachers, because they represent a narrow set of interests. While teachers are concerned with the well-being of students, unions are mandated to promote only the interests of their members.

In his fortnightly column in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill reflects on a recent paper about the influence of teachers' union on education policy. Here he makes it clear that the paper is talking about the unions, not the teachers.

A recent AIMS' paper,"Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse", concludes that teachers' unions have too much influence in setting educational policy. In this article Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, explains further by saying that unions have a responsibilty to their own members, not to students and taxpayers.

Halfiax Daily News columnist Charles Moore credits AIMS with "telling it like it is". He congratulates the Institute on its paper "Getting the Fox out of the Schoolhouse" which examines the impact teachers' union have had on public education policy in the country.

This lead editorial in The National Post pulls no punches in its support of AIMS' paper on teachers' union, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse". The editorial concludes, "If papers like AIMS' could be digested in strict good faith, we would already have made an important first step toward a world of better education policy."