education cuts
Bad Teacher is satirical portrayal of education system
I miss school, now that it's out, mostly because I spent a lot of time this year thinking and writing about it for a Star series on public education. Luckily, there's the summer movie, Bad Teacher. People like me, who are on the left or, as Alexander Cockburn wickedly says, "pwogwessives," are supposed to hate it because it portrays teachers negatively at a time when they're under right-wing attack for being the chief cause of U.S. education failure. But I adored the film.
Taking stock of the education crisis in Nova Scotia
About this bust-up over cuts in education, meant to face the awkward fact that administration costs are going up while student numbers go down: perhaps a bit of larger perspective would help.
This is not the first education crisis in Nova Scotia's history, nor are we alone in this -- it's North America-wide, and more.
And it's not exclusively an education question: It's part of the general bloating of bureaucracies over the past 30 to 40 years, with the bill now coming due.
Townhall meeting - Education cuts in Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant
Aug 18 2010 - 7:00pm
Aug 18 2010 - 10:30pm
Location
Mt. Pleasant Neighbourhood House
800 East Broadway
Vancouver, BC Canada
49° 15' 44.8776" N, 123° 5' 13.4592" W
See map: Google Maps
There are major cuts in education planned for next year and the following years, including possible school closures in the inner-city.
Join Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant MLA Jenny Kwan and a panel of guest speakers to discuss the impacts of education cuts in Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant and ...across the city.
Information - 604-775-0790
NDP Socialist Caucus public hearing: "Should Ontario end funding of catholic schools?"
Mar 12 2010 - 7:00am
Location
OISE
252 Bloor St. West
Toronto, ON Canada
Phone:
416-535-8779
43° 40' 4.3788" N, 79° 23' 54.132" W
See map: Google Maps
Opening panel of speakers:
Abby Deshman, representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Jan Johnstone, Public School Trustee, Bluewater District School Board
Earl Manners, Human Resources Administrator, Trillium Lakelands District School Board; Past-President, Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation
John Orrett, Steering Committee, Socialist Caucus; Pres. of Thornhill Federal NDP
Michael Prue, NDP MPP, Beaches-East York
Peter Russell, Professor Emeritus, U of Toronto; Canadian Constitutional Expert
Chairperson: Barry Weisleder, Federal/Ontario co-chair, NDP Socialist Caucus
Audience members wishing to speak will be given 5 minutes each, until 10 p.m. adjournment.
Contact name:
John Orrett
Contact email:
July 14, 2009 |
The New Brunswick government has backed away from a decision to cut almost 600 library assistants and student support staff jobs in the province.