The Beacon, 2 November 2006
From the fishery - to education - to pharmacare policy, this edition of The Beacon examines public policy for a number of issues.
Saving Our Public Schools
AIMS Fellow in Public Education, Angus McBeath, delivered a presentation entitled, “Saving Our Public Schools.”
The Beacon, 16 October 2006 – Special Event
The Special Event Beacon provides details for two Breakfast Briefings with AIMS Fellow on Public Education Reform Angus McBeath.
Open Letter to Halifax Regional School Board
AIMS is giving the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) one more chance to do the right thing. While school boards around the province have complied with a ruling earlier this year to provide information to AIMS and the public, the HRSB continues to do battle. In an effort to keep the fight out of the courts, AIMS has made one last appeal to the board superintendent.
The Beacon, 13 September 2006
From the war in Afghanistan, to the future of Health Care in Canada, to the role of public policy think tanks - this Beacon provides insight on some of the major policy issues facing the region and the country.
Debating the value of education
As campaigning begins in earnest in New Brunswick, this editorial in the provincial edition of the Telegraph - Journal urges the political leaders to listen to AIMS. The editor says education should be at the forefront of the election campaign, and the debate should be about how the government spends its education dollars, not how much it spends.
Money not cure-all for education system
With a provincial election called in New Brunswick reporters turn to potential issues and among the most pressing is education. In this front page article, reporter David Shipley turned to AIMS for insight and was told voters should look beyond the dollars to the results when considering education policy.
Focus debate on education
A Statistics Canada study on education spending prompted AIMS vice president Charles Cirtwill to look beyond the dollars and cents. In this opinion piece which appeared in the Telegraph-Journal he explains it's not how much you spend, but how you spend it.
As education spending rises, student performance falls
While provincial governments were patting their backs following the release of a Statistics Canada report that shows provinces are spending more on education, AIMS VP Charles Cirtwill went beyond the cash. In this article, he says it's time to stop counting the cash and start measuring the results.
Student funding below par
A Statistics Canada study shows Nova Scotia is spending less per child on education that the national average, but as AIMS vice president Charles Cirtwill points out in this newspaper article, money isn't the issue. He says it's time to look at how we spend the money on education, not how much money we spend.