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- Reform must begin with K-12. Hart, Jeffrey // Academic Questions;Fall93, Vol. 6 Issue 4, p86
Advocates reforms in the educational system to ensure quality education. Adulteration of higher education; Insufficiency of liberal arts knowledge of most students; Ignorance of teachers; Need to start reforms from the grades kindergarten through twelve; Other recommendations.
- Here's why Alberta should fire its deputy minister of education. Byfield, Ted // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;1/11/93, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p44
Discusses `program continuity' introduced by Nancy Betkowski minister of the advanced thinkers in the Department of Education in Alberta. Idea of eliminating universal grade `standards' from public education; Critics views; Media's negative portrayal of program; New minister Jim Dinning's...
- Orthodoxy. Byfield, Ted; Byfield, Virginia // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;2/1/93, Vol. 20 Issue 7, p31
Discusses the `Globe and Mail's demands that `standards' be put back into public schools while stressing that Christianity be taken out. De-Christianization of schools; `Pluralistic' society; Education; Teachings of Christian schools; Belief that Christian children should be educated in...
- How a single change in school funding could unleash massive educational reform. Byfield, Link // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;5/17/93, Vol. 20 Issue 22, p2
Compares the downsizing in the American automobile industry with the looming similar devolution in the $30 billion Canadian school system. All the same factors in place: ridiculous overheads, soaring costs, constant attention by design engineers, hostile clientele of parents; Average public...
- Smothered by its own weight. Jenkinson, Michael // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/5/93, Vol. 20 Issue 29, p32
Questions if total privatization of Canada's public schools is the only way to fix the crumbling system. Full force of privatization revolution gathering momentum throughout Britain and US for more than ten years; Evidence the system is in crisis; Report from B.C. Teachers Federation on...
- The punishment imperative. M.J. // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/5/93, Vol. 20 Issue 29, p34
Speculates that if the relationship between the school and the child were a contractual one, there is much less chance of the three way relationship (parents, students and school) breaking down. Use of contractual agreements in private schools; Difficulty in using those arrangements in public...
- Calgary drags its feet. Homersham, Bob // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/5/93, Vol. 20 Issue 29, p35
Reveals that the Calgary Board of Education has voted to delay for another year development of a firm policy on inclusion (mainstreaming, then integration, the euphemism for incorporating `special needs' children into regular classrooms). Possible coercion from parents of SN children and lobby...
- For-getting the goddess. Hazelwood, Kim // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;7/12/93, Vol. 20 Issue 30, p34
Speculates on the cancellation of an inservice for Edmonton Public School Board members, `Re-membering the Goddess.' The Great Goddess is the Divine Feminine that has been gradually disempowered, then suppressed by Patriarchy to the detriment of men and especially women; Comments from Dr. Nadia...
- Education reform: Is it time for vouchers? Pisciotta, John L. // Baylor Business Review;Fall1996, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p14
Focuses on the controversies surrounding vouchers in educational reform in the United States. Growth of the private sector; History of school vouchers.
- Reform without funds: A road map for progress. // Crain's Chicago Business;5/1/95, Vol. 18 Issue 18, p12
Opinion. Discusses school reform measures in Chicago, Ill. Funding for primary and secondary schools; Provisions that any reform package must take into account include a mayor-appointed small school board and restructuring of top school management.
