CBC online has a discussion of home education. Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko wrote the articles with reader responses added. Since people are asking me for my original article of 1987 which helped launch the movement I decided to open a blog to get the article out without having to mail out countless stuff.
Archive for November, 2006
Home education: the third option
Tunya Audain - April 1987, The Canadian School Executive
Tunya Audain is Co-ordinator of Education Advisory, West Vancouver, B.C.
An advocate of education in the home lays out the rationale–and forces us to think again about how children’s needs might best be served.
Home education is as old as the hills, yet it has […]
Vouchers II–Bob Hunter column: Strictly Personal
Published by November 9th, 2006 in Vouchers. 0 Comments[In connection with my post on home education, I am now including an article from 1986 on vouchers.
Bob Hunter column: Strictly Personal (North Shore News, Dec 03, 1986)
THERE MAY be more than 4,000 children now being educated at home in B.C., according to West Vancouver parents’ advocate Tunya Audain. Certainly there are least 2,000.
Of course, […]
Vouchers I–Bob Hunter Column: Strictly Personal
Published by November 11th, 2006 in Vouchers. 0 Comments[In 1986 Bob Hunter produced two articles on the topic of vouchers. In my site you should find both articles, Nov. 30/86 (below) and an earlier posting of the Dec. 03/86 article. I will be updating information on the topic and await any comments on recent advances you can contribute.]
North Shore News, Nov. 30, 1986
Bob […]
PARENT RIGHTS AND THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION
The rights compiled here are those that generally apply in most democratic countries. They have been gathered from sources in Canada, United States, England, and Australia. Some of these rights are self-evident, some are inscribed in law. Others are simply standards which parents have grown to expect when good educational […]
EDUCATIONAL MALPRACTICE
[My posting today is an article published in Education Advisory newsletter, #10, October 1981. In those times, there was considerable interest in the topic and I will post more material later. It is very telling that in 1980 BC (Canada) school trustees received a letter referring to educational malpractice stating that with respect […]
[This article was published in The Canadian School Executive, Dec. 1982]
THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS
School accountability: from defensiveness to disclosure
By Tunya Audain
I know it’s wishful thinking, but wouldn’t it be nice to know what schools are doing? And how well they are doing? Wouldn’t parents feel much more confident as they send their children to school? […]
Parent Involvement in Schools
Published by November 14th, 2006 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 Comments[TO READERS: Is this 1982 article (25 yrs ago) still relevant in 2007? Please comment. TA]
The Canadian School Executive, September, 1982
THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS
Parents and Citizens in Schools: An International View
By Tunya Audain
Most parents resent being fed education jargon and sweet niceties about their children in school. Instead they want […]
Should anyone think my concerns of 30 yrs ago are stale or “old hat” see The Province (Vancouver, BC newspaper) of Tuesday, Nov 21, 2006 by Michael Smyth, regular columnist.
The story: “Teachers’ union fails test for accountability. Skills Assessment: Sabotaging annual class statistics hurts future education”
Every year, the Ministry of Education […]