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May 18, 2017 · Regina Public Schools trustees at a meeting on April 11, 2017. Photo by TROY FLEECE / Regina Leader-Post. The importance of public education to the fabric and character of Canadian society has ...
Aug 31, 2023 · The philosophical shift public schools have undergone during this same period is visible in education policy and practice: in the explosion of workforce partnerships between local companies and ...
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to provide universal access to free education. to guarantee equal opportunity for all children. to unify a diverse population. to prepare people for citizenship in a democratic society. to prepare people to become economically self sufficient. to improve social conditions". Built in 1920, Ridgeway Public School was situated at the centre of the ...
- Education Funding: Where's the Money? When educators from around the country walked out of their classrooms last spring, their message was clear: Our students deserve better.
- Keeping School Safe. A 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center conducted two months after this year’s February school shooting in Parkland, Fla., showed that 57 percent of U.S. teenagers are worried that a shooting could take place at their own school.
- The Pressure is On. Kathy Reamy, a school counselor at La Plata High School in La Plata, Md., says the trend is unmistakable. “Honestly, I’ve had more students this year hospitalized for anxiety, depression, and other mental-health issues than ever,” says Reamy, who also chairs the NEA School Counselor Caucus.
- A Better Way Forward on Discipline. Think back on the days when you were in middle school and high school. Remember the awkwardness, anxiety, and angst that hung over you like a cloud?
Academic achievement has also always been a big part of the purpose of public education. There have been other purposes as well, such as job training, which is once again becoming very popular. And there has even been the custodial function of schools, which we saw very clearly during COVID-19.
The Education 2030 Framework for Action, adopted in November 2015, recalls the principles and vision of SDG4, fleshes out its targets, and recommends broad strategies for implementation. 3 The UNESCO report Learning: The Treasure Within, commonly referred to as the Delors Report, affirms that “education is a public good that should be ...
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Feb 22, 2018 · Footnote 3 In terms of those schools that are not to receive public support, Feinberg mentions some specific forms in which schools can fail to provide a public education. Those schools which “may be discontinued” are those which “teach intolerance towards other groups” (129).
