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E D U C A T I O N & T R A I N I N G P O L I C Y

AIMS has established itself as one of Canada’s leading centres for research on education policy. Our research on education policy is centred on two major themes: Increasing accountability in public educational institutions and providing information for parents and students about how well their schools are performing and identifying and researching policy options that expand educational choices and remove the barriers that trap students in failing institutions – parents and students deserve more than one educational choice.

The Institute’s research program in the education and training policy file has not only elevated the discourse in a number of areas, but our AIMS pioneering research on evaluating the quality of education has helped to introduce more accountability and transparency in the region’s elementary and secondary education systems. AIMS “School Report Cards” have been a focal point for our high-impact, policy-relevant research and commentary.

POLICY PAPERS & OP-ED COMMENTARIES

The Cost Disease Infects Public Education Across Canada

William Baumol, professor emeritus of economics at Princeton University, is the author of The Cost Disease: Why Computers get Cheaper and Health Care Doesn’t. The “cost disease” is a term Professor Baumol coined in the 1960s, but more recently it has become known as “Baumol’s disease” or “Baumol’s curse” for ...

March 13, 2014 / Rodney A. Clifton / Education, Op-ed, Policy Papers

Reclaiming At Risk Children and Youth

The SchoolsPlus program found its origins in a key recommendation of Nova Scotia Justice Merlin Nunn’s landmark 2006 report, Spiralling Out of Control which then found its way into Our Kids Are Worth It, the much heralded 2007 strategy to close the gaps in front-line support services. Social service providers ...

June 11, 2013 / Paul Bennett / Education, Policy Papers

Crisis? What Crisis?

There appears to be a widely-held view, in Nova Scotia specifically and across Canada more generally, that there is a significant shortage of child care spaces. In response, advocates have made many requests and politicians have made many promises for major new programs and very substantial expenditures of public money ...

January 10, 2013 / Ian Munro / Education, Policy Papers

Second Annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools

The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) have released the second annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools (Manitoba and Saskatchewan edition). The report card ranks high schools from Manitoba and Saskatchewan based on the AIMS model, which has been used ...

June 29, 2012 / Atlantic Institute for Market Studies / Education, Policy Papers

Building a Bigger Tent

One in ten Canadians reportedly suffers from a learning disability. 2,100 – 4,200 New Brunswick public school students are struggling with serious learning challenges. In this paper, AIMS Author Dr. Paul W. Bennett calls for a true review of New Brunswick’s public education system, with the goal of creating a ...

June 14, 2012 / Paul Bennett / Education, Policy Papers

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Education & Training Publications

E D U C A T I O N & T R A I N I N G P O L I C Y

The Cost Disease Infects Public Education Across Canada

Reclaiming At Risk Children and Youth

Crisis? What Crisis?

Second Annual Report Card on Western Canadian High Schools

Building a Bigger Tent

Education Reform and Atlantic Canada

More control for parents and communities is best way to reform schools

Marco Navarro-Génie on News 95.7

Marco Navarro-Genie on Tim Powers Show