School Gyms and Snow Days
Paul Bennett - school house consulting - do kids in NB/NS get too many storm days?
Changes Made to Standardized Testing
AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill discusses changes made to standardized testing.
Saskatchewan high schools ranked
Glentworth Central School in the Prairie South School Division is No. 1 in the province, according to latest report card by the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) ranking high schools throughout Saskatchewan.
Maritime Noon: Do high schools adequately prepare students for university?
Michael Zwaagstra, AIMS Fellow in Common Sense Education Reform argues that high schools do not adequatley prepare students for university.
Small town high schools get highest ranking in Sask.
For the second year in a row Saskatchewan rural high schools have been ranked higher than those in larger cities, according to an AIMS and FCPP study that graded 170 schools.
Second Annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools
AIMS and FCPP have released the second annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools (Manitoba and Saskatchewan edition), which ranks high schools from Manitoba and Saskatchewan based on the AIMS model.
For Immediate Release: Second Annual Western High Schools Report Card Released
AIMS and FCPP released the second annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools (Manitoba and Saskatchewan edition). The report card ranks high schools from Manitoba and Saskatchewan based on the AIMS model.
Standardized exams: We learn by testing twice
The Chronicle Herald Editorial Board agrees with AIMS Fellow in Common Sense Education Reform Michael Zwaagstra that standardized testing must occur in both grades 10 and 12.
Why not gauge progress with a follow-up exam?
In this op-ed, AIMS Fellow in Common Sense Education Michael Zwaagstra argues that standardized testing should occur in both grade 10 and 12- not just one or the other.
Building a Bigger Tent is a badly needed critical analysis of New Brunswick inclusive education policies and the Porter-Aucoin report
Author agrees with AIMS Author Paul Bennett that the NB government needs to do a critical analysis of the Porter Aucoin inclusive education report.