It’s just a matter of degree. Expect all schools and school systems to be vulnerable to corruption – anywhere from pilfering a pencil from a school to outright criminal embezzlement as we’ve seen in the Detroit Public School system. The education systems, being the biggest or second biggest spenders… Read more
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Superintendents’ Reports on Achievement: Key Tool
The Purpose of Superintendents’ Reports on Student Achievement This report from the Superintendent for Prince Rupert (SD #52) is one of the few out of the 60 we are to see in the next few months. By law, this report is to be prepared by Dec 15 and in the… Read more
Do School Boards Add Value to Education?
Do School Boards Add Value to Education? (by Tunya Audain, 091218, comment to blog Report Card by Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver Sun education reporter on story : Drop two trustees and save money: Ann Andersen, 091217) That is the title of an article in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, May 10, 2000. … Read more
Communitarian Way to Responsive Education: Nobel Winner
Responsive Schools Key to Good Society: Nobel Winner (by Tunya Audain, 091015, published in “The Report Card” blog of Vancouver Sun education reporter, Janet Steffenhagen on her story: “Online education threatens rural schools” 091017) It takes a political scientist to unravel the economics of citizens effectively and efficiently managing… Read more
Parent Rights Essential for Responsive Schools
Parent Rights a Top Priority for Education Responsiveness (Published by Tunya Audain In Education Advisory on January 13, 2009, Accountability, Parent Involvement in Schools and Parent Rights) How well parents exercise their rights determines what degree or quality of services they get in public schools. It is quite different… Read more