Continuing to archive material from my files, I came across this letter to the editor deploring lack of proper evaluation in schools and a preponderance of teachers on school boards. Notice the mood being described. Parents and public want concrete information about the achievements (or otherwise) of their schools. But the response is more PR – […]
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Educator Opposition to Evaluation — a Long History
Published by February 11th, 2008 in Blog, Abolish School Boards and Obstacles to Reform. 0 CommentsAbolish School Boards, Pass Savings on to Schools
Published by May 5th, 2007 in Abolish School Boards. 0 CommentsMario Dumont, ADQ Opposition Leader in Quebec, had pledged to abolish school boards and reinvest the savings in students and schools, or so he said in the last provincial election (Mar ‘07) in Quebec. Now, Chris Eustace,a grandfather of 4 school-aged children writes an open letter to Mario to do his best to promote […]
School Boards “Babes-in-the-Woods”
Published by April 8th, 2007 in Abolish School Boards. 0 CommentsNorth Shore News, April 16, 2003 Parents deliberately left out in educational malpractice Dear Editor: I applaud the move by the education minister to restore some power to principals, particularly in supervision of best practice. After all, they are supposed to be the "principal" teacher and be a model and guide. Also […]
Abolish School Boards Getting More Press
Published by April 5th, 2007 in Abolish School Boards. 0 CommentsADQ leader in Quebec, Mario Dumont, says he would abolish school boards to improve education. See ADQ wants to scrap school boards. I have long written about how school boards ignore parents and are the main obstacle preventing excellence in education. Below is my letter to the Editor of the North Shore […]
Are Parents Still Negatively Stereotyped in Trustee Training?
Published by April 4th, 2007 in Abolish School Boards. 2 CommentsI just received this post from Deb of Education Consumers Clearinghouse. I am still tracing the larger item from which the following quotes originate: But, is it still true?
Rare is the school board that takes parent concerns seriously. Have you ever observed how they treat parents that dare go to a school board meeting […]
Parent Choice in Schools
Published by February 9th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools and Abolish School Boards. 0 CommentsIt’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 […]
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 […]
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 […]