Special Report on Education
The ninth annual AIMS Atlantic Canadian High School Report Card tackles the question: How to make progress? View three op-eds on the topic by AIMS staff and contributors.
Average does not fit all
AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill argues that there's no crisis in education and that's the underlying problem. Our public education system isn't bad, but remains largely inflexible to individual need and special circumstances.
Investing in children
Providing structured early childhood education is socially and economically beneficial, yet does not top the education agenda. AIMS contributor Paul W. Bennett considers whether government should offer universal childcare programs or target support where it will do the most good.
Campbell named to AIMS board
Mount Allison University president and vice-chancellor Dr. Robert Campbell has been named to the Atlantic Institute For Market Studies board of directors.
Bridgewater High leaps up AIMS report rankings
No Nova Scotian school has improved as much as Bridgewater High in recent years, according to a recent Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) report.
AIMS report a valuable supplemental tool: co-author
When the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies puts out its annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools it hopes that the schools ranked in the report recognize it as a supplemental tool for them to use.
Board relies on internal data to judge schools
AIMS' Ninth Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools is read and assessed by school boards, and is making gains in influencing school improvement - but could be put to better use. A school board administrator from Newfoundland comments.
An ‘E’ for effort
The Cape Breton Post calls AIMS' Ninth Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools "a good gauge for school administrators to make comparisons with other schools and perhaps investigate what another school might be doing better."
Regional tops rankings
Dr. J.H. Gillis Regional High School ranks highest in the province according to an annual report card conducted by the Atlantic Institute of Market Studies (AIMS).
Rushoon, St. Lawrence among province’s top schools
Rushoon’s Christ the King School and St. Lawrence Academy are rated among the top 10 high schools in the province in AIMS' Ninth Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools.