Educators need to not only collect data about student performance, but they need to continue to use it to improve performance. AIMS senior policy analyst Bobby O'Keefe explains that the New Brunswick education department appears to have it right as it works to improve math and literacy skills.
PEI has literacy and numeracy assessments for grade three and nine students, but it's not making the results public. Instead it is just releasing individual student results to the students. AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill says such assessments are a more valuable performance assessment tool when released as school and board results.
A recent Fraser Institute study shows home-schooled children perform better than their public school counterparts. Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, says the study provides further proof that parents need many education options so that they can choose what is best for their child.
In his column for the Chronicle-Herald Alex Roberts agrees with AIMS' study "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse" that principals should be removed from the collective bargaining unit.
AIMS' paper, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse" has generated a lot of debate across the country. 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. Unions are responsible to their members; we are responsible as parents and citizens to represent the interests of our children. Unfortunately, we have long allowed unions to drive the education agenda and take control of the education system.
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.
This edition of The Beacon focuses on two of the most important policy issue in Canada: education and health care. You will also find information on an upcoming AIMS event and an opinion piece requested from AIMS by the Globe & Mail.
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.