For Immediate Release: Cutting through the edu-babble, a video series
AIMS in partnership with the Frontier Centre for public policy, released the first video in a series on education reform 'Common Sense Education.'
Crisis? What Crisis?
This paper, Crisis? What Crisis?, written by Ian Munro, examines the widely held view that there is a shortage of child care spaces in Nova Scotia. Munro provides a basic analysis of the supply-demand balance for child care spaces in Nova Scotia.
How to make math education worse in N.S
In this op-ed, AIMS Fellow in Common Sense Education Michael Zwaagstra examines the new math education curriculum adopted by the NS government in an attempt to improve math instruction. Zwaagstra concludes that this with this new curriculum we can expect math education to get worse in Nova Scotia. The province must adopt a rigorous curriculum that emphasizes the necessary knowledge and skills.
Why should location affect education?
In this article, AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill comments on the open boundary public school model and notes that the adoption of an open boundary system in Halifax would lead to less division along socio-economic lines than Halifax already has.
For Immediate Release: AIMS launches bold new program to engage and inform students about liberty and the free market
AIMS launches AIMS on Campus to connect, inform and empower students who wish to learn more about liberty and the free market, and share that knowledge on campus.
School size debate tackles primary views
The trend of closing smaller schools and building supersized facilities in their place is ill-advised says AIMS President and CEO, Charles Cirtwill.
Curiosity Roams
Michael Zwaagstra, AIMS Fellow in Common Sense Education Reform discusses "no-zero" policies hitting several schools.
Keep no-zero policies out of schools in Nova Scotia
In this op-ed, AIMS Fellow in Common Sense Education Michael Zwaagstra argues to keep no-zero policies out of schools in Nova Scotia. Zwaagstra discusses how research evidence that strongly supports no-zero policies is flawed.
Grading the schools that grade the students
We all know how it works when students are graded and marked for competency within their respective schools, but what happens when the public attempts to get grading and competency reports on the schools themselves? Well, thanks to the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) that have carried out some detailed surveys and studies ... those marks for Western Canadian high schools are now available.
Beacon: May 22, 2012
Nova Scotia Universities: Constrain or Release? The special AIMS Luncheon with Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is now 75% sold out. Less Government, not Less Governments. Home of the Brave? National Coalition launched to offer alternatives to transfers. Introducing AIMS Summer Policy Intern, Alanna Newman. AIMS in the Media.