It’s been largely true that parents on the whole lack both voice and choice in a monopoly public school system. Essentially, they and their children are trapped into being a captive audience. Yet, remember, education is about learning to be critical thinkers, developing self-expression skills, making wise life choices, etc., etc.
However, some say, voice is […]
Archive for February, 2007
Parent Choice in Schools
Published by February 9th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools and Abolish School Boards. 0 CommentsEducation Advisory Report on Parent Involvement, 1982
Published by February 11th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 Comments[The report was published by Education Advisory in 1982 to stimulate discussion and improvement. Hopefully comments will bring us up to date on parent involvement in 2007.]
EDUCATION ADVISORY REPORT
Parent Involvement in Public Schools in BC, February 1982
Summary: A lot remains to be accomplished to improve home-school communications in BC public schools.
Evaluation Standard
Indicators are:
Parents […]
Education: Let technology do the teaching?
Published by February 14th, 2007 in Home Education and Education Reform. 0 CommentsEducation Advisory, the service providing “consumer advice” to parents, sponsored 5 Home Learning Fairs in the 80’s to show how technology and parents could prepare students for the future. The following newspaper article was published in the Vancouver Province, Nov 03, 1985. From this article you will see how Education Advisory was involved in […]
School Vouchers Wait for Governor’s Proclamation: UTAH
Published by February 15th, 2007 in Vouchers. 0 CommentsOn Feb 12, 2007, Utah passed a bill to provide a grant from $500 - 3000 for a child to enter a private school of choice. The amount will depend on the parents’ means. See latest article in The Daily Herald.
With only 3% of the state’s students presently in private schools it […]
International Education Consumers Talk
Published by February 16th, 2007 in Education Reform. 0 CommentsI have recently joined, on a free trial basis, a group which involves consumers in education. Their site is: Education Consumers Clearinghouse.
My latest conversation was today with Mona in England, see below:
From Canada, just joining the ECC conversations. Mona’s posting today reminds me of conversations we had at CIDOC, Ivan Illich’s center in […]