In reading Myron Lieberman’s excellent book, Public Education: An Autopsy (1993), he recommends that school boards be abolished as one item in a list of recommendations to make education more responsive to the consumer.
24. School boards should be abolished or appointed by mayors, not elected in “non-partisan” elections in which the organized producers have more […]
Archive for December, 2006
Press Release April 24, 1985
A parents rights advocate today called for the dismantling of the school board system as one way to help youth better prepare for the future. Mrs. Audain, Co-ordinator of an advocacy service for parents said school boards have become irrelevant to education and in fact were an obstacle to meeting […]
Education Reform or Futile Exercise?
Published by December 6th, 2006 in Education Reform. 0 CommentsWhen the heat is on, governments will often mount in inquiry, or task force, or Royal Commission, or whatever! We’ve seen lots of these in Canada so that an OECD Report in 1976 commented:
These largely seem to be pro forma exercises.
In 1984 in British Columbia it was announced we would have an “overhaul”.
My letter […]
This book was written in 1993 by Myron Lieberman but I do not know its track record since publication. Has it been well reviewed? Has it had any effect on education reform in the US or elsewhere? I need to contact some people, maybe the testimonial people or the publishers. I will […]
EDUCATIONAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN
Raised awareness helps us see that children’s interests must be protected wherever they are. The schools have their share of practices which hurt children, and parents can be on the alert for these and intervene when needed.
EXPERIMENTATION
One parent group in the United States actually formed to eliminate drug research on […]
Resistance to Parent Involvement
Published by December 22nd, 2006 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 CommentsWHY IS THERE RESISTANCE TO MEANINGFUL PARENT INVOLVEMENT?
Resistance to meaningful parent involvement in schools is very wide-spread. This is so despite long-standing conclusive proof that parent involvement is beneficial both to individual students and overall school performance.
Barriers
1) school system unwillingness to have to parent involvement
2) existing parent groups conveying the impression of involvement;
3) natural […]