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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

 

AIMS’ 8th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools

It’s time to take the results from the AIMS' 8th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools and demand better education. "Are things better then they were seven short years ago when we started?" asks AIMS President and CEO Charles Cirtwill. "Absolutely. Are they as good as they could, ...
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Behind the classroom door

This is the Guide for AIMS' Interim Report Card for Western Canadian High Schools, prepared in cooperation with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. Based on AIMS successful Report Card for Atlantic Canadian High Schools (now in its eighth year), the Interim Report Card for Western Canada examines the information ...
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AIMS 7th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools

Schools can get better, it just takes time. That was the fundamental belief that led to the launch in 2003 of the AIMS Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. Seven reports later and there is growing evidence that progress is being made. "We made two points when we ...
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Yes, Minister is a No-No

There is a wonderful British sitcom about parliamentary democracy and the inner workings of a government office. The title of it comes from a running joke throughout the episodes where, regardless of what inane, idiotic, simplistic or just plain dumb idea the Minister comes up with, the staff fall all ...
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AIMS 6th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools

Making performance data publicly available helps schools focus on what is important – the educational outcomes of students. For six years that has been the basis for the AIMS Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. The AIMS 6th Annual Report Card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools shows that some ...
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MEDIA MENTIONS

 

Atlantic Canadian schools falling behind on e-learning: report

Halifax's Chronicle Herald reports on Paul Bennett's policy paper, entitled "E-Learning in K-12 Schools: The Prospects for Disruptive Innovation," which contends that the Atlantic provinces have lost the e-learning initiative ...
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e-Learning in K-12 Schools

The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) today released a report about how school systems in Atlantic Canada are slow to adopt to changing teaching methods and are falling behind ...
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Free tuition in other provinces virtually inevitable: student leader

In a Canadian Press story about university costs, AIMS researcher Jackson Doughart says that while eliminating tuition is a bad idea, targeting subsidies to students from low-income families makes sense ...
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Teacher misconduct finds disciplinary action often kept hidden

AIMS education analyst Paul Bennett is featured in this story from CBC News: The National. Please click here to see the video ...
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