CSBA Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil February 22, 2018 The Honourable Stephen McNeil Premier of Nova Scotia Government House, Halifax NS B3J 1X5 Dear Premier, The Canadian School Boards Association, representing School Boards from across Canada, is incredibly disappointed by your government’s decision to abolish locally elected school boards in…
Please check out our recent activities at President Bulletin Fall 2017. Version français: Bulletin Pres FR janvier2018
President Floyd Martens: THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ON THE DEFENCE… News, being what it is, tends to focus on the sensational, scandalous, or shocking. And so it is not a surprise for our colleagues across the country or in the U.S. for that matter, that the role of public school boards is often criticized. While…
Stephen Hansen, an independent consultant with years of experience in education, provides a clear and firm rebuttal to a recent article that groups all trustees in with a few “bad apples.” Never doubt for a moment that our Canadian education system, while far from perfect, is one of the most successful in the world and…
CSBA WORK ON THE ISSUES The CSBA Board of Directors come from each jurisdiction quarterly to discuss shared issues of national importance. We continue to work on our priority areas: Health and Wellness and FNMI Education as well as the pervasive threat to elected school boards and actions we can take nationally to show the importance and…
When it comes to education governance, the national trend in recent years has been towards a troubling centralization of decision-making power, despite research that suggests school boards provide an effective way to improve student learning and increase local participation in school management. “Communities historically have had lots of input into what transpires [in their schools]…
“Imaginations shared create collaboration – collaboration creates community – community inspires social change.“… Terry Tempest Williams. Saskatchewan School Boards Association provide an example of what can be accomplished through working with different, sometimes non-traditional partners towards a common and youth centred purpose. The Canadian Education Association has published an article on activities that have proven very successful in…
CSBA stands with Quebec school boards and defends the basic Canadian right of community members having a voice in our children’s education. The following is the letter sent to Quebec Minister of Education Sebastien Proulx on the CSBA’s position (french version follows): ___________________________________________________________________________________ Monsieur Sebastien Proulx Ministère de l’Éducation, de l’Enseignementsupérieur Assemblée nationale du Québec,…
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, now based at the University of Toronto, wrote a memoir called “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey” in which he describes the horrific events surrounding the death of his three daughters. There has not perhaps been a more pertinent time to hear his words or learn from his wisdom so…
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