The cultural war has been in full bloom in U.S. education for at least five years. Now it has spread to public schools in Canada. This war pits left-leaning liberal teachers, administrators, parents, and school board trustees against right-leaning conservatives. The...
Education
More Money Alone Won’t Fix Schools
Judging by the recent flurry of spending announcements, provincial politicians are eager to spend more money on public education. For example, the Ontario government recently announced that it will invest an additional $180 million to improve the academic skills of...
What They Did To The Children
Children, as any parent knows, are not small adults. Their brains are growing and being acutely shaped by their environment and experiences. Social skills and values are learnt from those around them, with teamwork, risk-management, personal boundaries, and tolerance...
Leaders On The Frontier – Children’s Education: Revolutionized With Caylan Ford – Part 2
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There’s Nothing Fair About Canadian Health Care
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Macdonald’s Legacy (Part 5): Patricide Never Serves the Common Good
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Macdonald’s Legacy (Part 4): Immense Challenges and a National Strategy
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Macdonald’s Legacy (Part 3): Canadian Confederation’s Indispensable Man
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Private Sector Partnerships are Good for Public Education
The provincial government recently announced that it is partnering with a B.C.-based company to deliver virtual financial literacy programming in Manitoba classrooms. Starting next school year, Enriched Academy will provide lessons to about 1,500 Manitoba...
Sacrificing Success on the ‘Altar of Equity’
Somewhere around the mid-1960s the conventional conservative model of the English grammar school was finally over-turned by a new-age, liberal-progressive intellectual alliance of “progressive educators.” This shift of power and influence to the left led to changes in...
Macdonald’s Legacy (Part 2): The Man and His Vision for Canada
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Macdonald’s Legacy (Part 1): Reclaiming a Foundational Leader
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Alberta Election Will Impact Schools in a Big Way
This election will have a big impact on the type of learning that happens in schools.
Bill 35 is a Step in the Right Direction
Keeping students safe must always be a top priority.