AIMS’ 2nd Annual High School Report Card
This year the report card is based on much richer and more varied data provided by school boards, departments of education and post secondary institutions. With the provinces incrementally improving their measurement and reporting of school results, AIMS has been able to provide a more complete picture of achievement in: • Language arts • Science • Mathematics • Humanities • Post-secondary performance • “Hold” and “retention” rates for Grade 10 students; Additionally, in all provinces where the data allows, three-year rolling averages are used to smooth out spikes in year-over-year achievement and to assess schools and not groups of students.
The Results Are In, AIMS 2nd Annual High School Report Card
AIMS’ 2004 High Schools Report Card released in Progress magazine today shows few excellent OR failing schools in region
Why not “Europeanize” healthcare?
By opening up a European health care market where patients may travel and use the health care services they deem necessary without the permission or interference of their national health care authorities, the EU has laid the groundwork for a consumer-driven revolution in health care. How different from Canada. Here provincial bureaucrats decide if a treatment available in another province is something they will pay for, and if so, how much they will reimburse. They decide if the waiting times for various procedures are too long, and therefore whether to give permission to get those procedures elsewhere. In this commentary from the March 1, 2004 National Post AIMS president Brian Lee Crowley and Johan Hjertqvist, the director of the Health Consumer Policy Centre of Timbro in Stockholm, argue if Canadian health care consumers, who are asking for ever more authority over their health and their lives, are to succeed in getting it, Europe is showing the way.
Ideas Matter # 3
In the late winter of 2004 AIMS released its third edition of Ideas Matter as part of the Education Reform Initiative and as a companion piece to AIMS' second Report card on Atlantic Canadian High Schools. Featured on the cover is Angus McBeath, Superintendent of Edmonton's public schools.
Responsabiliser les malades: Une innovation qui marche
Nous disposons maintenant de preuves montrant que les malades sont parfaitement capables de décider quels sont leurs propres intérêts et de prendre des décisions éclairées sur la façon de dépenser l'argent qui leur est alloué pour leurs soins. Ces preuves sont fournies par une expérience innovatrice appelée Cash and Counselling (C&C- qu'on pourrait traduire par du Comptant et des Conseils) et menée dans le cadre du programme Medicaid en Arkansas, en Floride et au New Jersey. Le C&C est un " projet de démonstration " spécial qui consiste à faire exactement cela. Et il connaît un succès extraordinaire; les gens font la queue pour y participer là où il existe et des programmes semblables sont mis en oeuvre dans d'autres États pour répondre à la demande
AIMS On-Line February 27, 2004
AIMS presents a fresh perspective on the future of Canada’s cities with Patrick Luciani's op-ed Save Us From City Saviours, Wendell Cox on how urban planners are threatening the quality of life in our cities, Brian Lee Crowley's take on HRM's response to "White Juan" and much more