Education

AIMS' report on teachers' unions, "Getting the fox out of the school house" has generated significant debate on the role that unions play in developing educational policy. In this piece Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, notes how we shouldn't afford unions the same goodwill we do teachers, because they represent a narrow set of interests. While teachers are concerned with the well-being of students, unions are mandated to promote only the interests of their members.

A recent AIMS' paper,"Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse", concludes that teachers' unions have too much influence in setting educational policy. In this article Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, explains further by saying that unions have a responsibilty to their own members, not to students and taxpayers.

Halfiax Daily News columnist Charles Moore credits AIMS with "telling it like it is". He congratulates the Institute on its paper "Getting the Fox out of the Schoolhouse" which examines the impact teachers' union have had on public education policy in the country.

This lead editorial in The National Post pulls no punches in its support of AIMS' paper on teachers' union, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse". The editorial concludes, "If papers like AIMS' could be digested in strict good faith, we would already have made an important first step toward a world of better education policy."

This story in the Windsor Star reviews AIMS' paper, "Getting the fox out of the schoolhouse". In addition to explaining that teachers' unions have too much influence over public education policy, it quotes some union leaders who disagree with the paper's recommendations.

For years AIMS has been leading the charge for greater accountability in the educational system. In a recent report AIMS identified teachers' unions as having a disproportionate impact on education policy. Charles Cirtwill, AIMS acting president, explains it's time for everyone to get involved and not leave it just to the unions.

In this editorial, the Daily News notes that if teachers are going to dispute AIMS' report on teachers' unions they'll have to do so with more than reflexive denials.

The release of AIMS' report on the influence of teachers' union on education policy sparked debate across the country. This story by The Canadian Press appeared in numerous newspapers and explains that while unions do a good job protecting their members, such protection is not always in the best interest of students.

AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill discusses AIMS' paper on teachers' unions. He explains that unions have undue power in the Canadian education system and that students suffer as a result.

This report on both CBC Radio and CBC on-line reviews AIMS' paper on the influence teachers' unions have on education. In the story AIMS acting President Charles Cirtwill explains that it is time for people to wrest away management of the education system from teachers' unions.