Category Archives: The Literature

Nobel Winner, Elinor Ostrom, Offers Hope for Responsive Schools

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Tunya Audain

  Responsive Schools Key to Good Society: Elinor Ostrom, Nobel Winner Can citizens effectively and efficiently manage their own affairs?  Their own schools? Can self-governance work in education? YES, there is this hope for schools — provided there is limited … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk About Schools

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Tunya Audain

  In 1984 we had a two year process of public discussion in BC which precededd a new School Act, 1989.  The Discussion Paper had 41 points which helped focus people’s participation on key issues.  The Condensed form of paper … Continue reading →

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Disturbing Trends in Education, Revisited

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Tunya Audain

The October, 1981 issue of Education Advisory listed 11 disturbing trends in Education, all with supporting quotes. These disturbing trends are now added to the category in this blog of DECEITS in Education.  Do the disturbing trends and deceits in education … Continue reading →

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Resistance to Meaningful Parent Involvement

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Tunya Audain

Why is there Resistance to Meaningful Parent Involvement?  “There are many compelling reasons for schools and districts to pay more than lip service to parental involvement,” said reporter, Katherine Wagner, in her column School Watch in the Maple Ridge and … Continue reading →

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The Fiction of Education Reform

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Tunya Audain

[This review is basically a re-write of a review done in the 80's. I expect to re-read this book in the future and expect to make further comments. TA] Book Review Beyond Public Education, Myron Lieberman, 1986, Praeger Fact and … Continue reading →

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