After four years of effort, AIMS has a new ally in its struggle to secure the public release of basic information about the performance of Nova Scotia’s public schools. AIMS vice president Charles Cirtwill was asked by CBC's Maritime Noon to explain the ruling by the Freedom of Information Review Officer.
An editorial in the Amherst Daily News asks what school boards are hiding. It supports AIMS' call for better record-keeping in our schools and says parents want to know how their children are doing. The editorial was prompted by a decision by Nova Scotia's Freedom of Information Review Officer in favour of AIMS attempts to obtain such basic school performance records.
NS School Boards told to provide information for AIMS’ high school performance report card.
From public education to oil & gas to the Supreme Court, this edition of The Beacon covers a variety of public policy issues.
Performance and accountability are the mainstay of AIMS' public education reform initiative. Debate about AIMS' work prompted the PEI government to establish a Task Force on Student Achievement, and AIMS was there to provide expertise. The final report reflected some of AIMS' presentation, and had the media calling to ask for clarification.
AIMS' High School Report Card is not always welcomed with open arms by the education establishment, but one school district in New Brunswick is embracing it. In this article, AIMS Vice President Charles Cirtwill explains District 2 is using the report card as it should be used, to help improve the quality of education.
In this first Beacon of the 2006 season, learn about the AIMS Angus McBeath North American Tour titled "Saving Our Public Schools", read how the ports in Atlantica can be tomorrow's successful ports, and consider whether tax cuts, not bailouts are a better way to deal with the closure of a paper mill.
The latest stop in the AIMS Angus McBeath North American Tour prompted a couple of opinion pieces in local newspapers. McBeath, the former superintendent of schools in Edmonton and AIMS Fellow in Public Education Reform, describes the remarkable turn-around in public education in his Alberta city. In this article, Jamie Gass opines Boston should take its lead from Edmonton's example.
The CBC Radio Morning Show in St. John's, Newfoundland takes a closer look at "Public U to Private U: An Atlantica Canadian Opportunity" in this interview with the paper's author Kelvin Ogilvie.
From private universities to fencing the fishery to US trade, this Beacon has a little bit for everyone.