Adequately funded public schools perform as well as private schools. I wonder how Nova Scotia’s least funded in North America public school system would stack up?
Public Schools Perform Near Private Ones in Study – New York Times
Halifax
The R Bomb, and other updates.
So much going on in the world, so little time, so here we go with BULLET UPDATES. Rolling Stones in Halifax At the risk of being repetitious, I am going to be repetitious and repost what I put on halifaxlocals: “It’s good to see Regina coming into its own. This show will really put Regina on the map. It’s clear Regina is a big city with lots of potential and an exciting tourist destination. Regina – read more –
Opinion & Blogitorial
The only big HRM event this summer – political infighting
It is a cruel word where your loyal scribe goes on vacation, and then all hell deliciously breaks loose in the world of massive expensive concert promotion in Halifax. Few things could compel me to put down the Corona and get off the beach in Pugwash to write a few words, but the situation between HRM and the Trade Centre Limited (TCL) is one. TCL, headed by Fred MacGillivray, is the Provincial/Municipal organization with the – read more –
Education
Level of Government?
Lance Bean, President Canadian School Board Association Mr Bean, I am writing to you today regarding the comments you made regarding the suspension of the Halifax Regional School Board that were printed in today’s Chronicle Herald. I appreciate your concern, but with respect, I would like to challenge the basis of your thesis, but also to ask for your input. Education is not a level of government. It is a service. Services are rarely run – read more –