Home Education: The Quiet Revolution In British Columbia we have a College of Teachers which has oversight over education, competence, complaints, etc. On June 4, 2010, I made a 5 minute presentation to acquaint the College of the value and validity of home education. I emphasized that home education: a)… Read more
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
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
Responsive Schools Key to Good Society: Nobel Winner It takes a political scientist to unravel the economics of citizens effectively and efficiently managing their own affairs and that of their immediate communities. In other words, self-governance works. Provided there is limited central state interference and provided powerful self-interested insiders… Read more
Tunya Audain – My Background November 2009 (some brief highlights) • BA (Psych) ’57, U Saskatchewan, Canada • Teaching Certificate, ’71, Ottawa Teachers College • ‘71-72’ — 6 month attendance at CIDOC (Intercultural Documentation Center) Mexico discussing dysfunctional and iatrogenic systems such as the education and health systems. At Ivan Illich’s center we… Read more