AIMS // Atlantic Institute for Market Studies

This Commentary by AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill centres on the state of education in New Brunswick and provinces failure to make the proper changes.

AIMS author Paul W. Bennett discusses the future of the school board system in Nova Scotia.

This Op-Ed by AIMS President and CEO looks at Math scores in Nova Scotia compared to the rest of Canada and OECD countries

This blog posting by AIMS contributor Paul W. Bennett discusses the role of the School Board and it's questionable future.

AIMS author Rodney Clifton blogs about school assessments across Canada

This blog posting uses some of AIMS' research on education to make its point on testing and accountability in our schools.

This is an edited excerpt from the speech by former Governor Jeb Bush to AIMS' 15th Anniversary event in Moncton. Bush uses his successful experience in Florida to provide tips on improving public education.

This front page story in the Times & Transcript features AIMS 15th anniversary dinner with Jeb Bush. It provides details of education reform that worked in Florida under Bush and has proven successful in other jurisdictions. It mirrors much of AIMS' research in education.

Governor Jeb Bush's speech to AIMS' 15th anniversary dinner in Moncton made front page news in New Brunswick. This article in the Telegraph Journal shows how Bush proposes to drag education into the 21st century. He points out little has changed in the classroom since the 50's.

In a preview of AIMS' 15th anniversary event in Moncton, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush explains some of the education reforms he championed while in office.

In this op-ed, educator Paul Bennett draws on his recent AIMS' Commentary to explain why there should be a stricter policy about cancelling school.

AIMS 8th Annual Report CArd on Atlantic Canadian High Schools is again featured in Progress magazine. In this article Charles Cirtwill explain why we all need to be involved in education reform.

AIMS' author Bobby O'Keefe explains how to use the annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. He provides an overview of each province's results in this article in Progress magazine.

This editorial in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal supports and praises the AIMS high school report card. It calls on parents and educators to challenge the politicians to introduce province-wide performance indicators and benchmarks for high schools.

This editorial in the Times & Transcript praises the value of the AIMS annual high school report card, and suggests that educators take a look at why rural schools continue to outperform urban schools in the province. It also picks up AIMS' call to reinstate provincial exams.

Not only is public reporting of school results key to improving student performance, so too is school choice. This article in The Metro focuses on that aspect of AIMS' research.

Atlantic Canada is one of the few places in the country that does not allow open school choice, a proven option to improve student performance. This article in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald explains why choice and public reporting of results is important to education reform.

Educators in the Moncton area explain how they use the AIMS annual high school report card to improve student performance and identify problems within schools.

The co-author of AIMS annual high School Report card says New Brunswick's lack of provincial exams in its anglophone system continues to be a problem. In this article, Bobby O'Keefe explains the lack of information severely restricts indepth information about student performance.

In this article educators in New Brunswick admit that the lack of testing in New Brunswick schools provides challenges in determining student achievement. But they suggest that international scores and university scholarships help measure success.