Our Schools And Our Future

"When A nation at risk was published 20 years ago, it was seen as something of the Peyton Place of education reports: it stunned the establishment, readers threw up their hands and proclaimed themselves shocked by it, but no one could tear themselves away from reading it. Now, on the 20th anniversary of the original report, the Koret Task Force tells a no less compelling story."--Quatrième de couverture.

Timely and experience-based guide to strengthening democracy within teachers unions.

Proposes radical changes in American education championed by all Americans to reverse the atrophy in the nation's educational system.

This engaging book presents a frontal attack on current forms of schooling and a radical rethinking of the whole education process. Kieran Egan, a prize-winning scholar and innovative thinker, does not rail against teachers, administrators, or politicians

In an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of meaning and purpose. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis. Kevin Lamoureux contributes his expertise regarding Indigenous approaches to mental and spiritual health that benefit all students and address the TRC Calls to Action.

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador had determined there was a disconnect between the allocation of teachers and the needs of the school system. [...] On March 22, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (2006), stated its commitment to education in the Speech from the Throne: It is vital to cultivate, in young Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, both the attitude and the aptitude for success, so they are prepared to sustain the growth we are working hard to nurture...One concern is the teacher allocation formula, which does not appear to work w [...] On one hand, is the interplay between the population levels and the schools avail- able to service them; on the other hand, is the resultant ability of the system to staff and program these schools. [...] Protests continued in response to the 1838 amendment and in 1843 Government conceded and provided for the establishment of two separate schools boards: one for the Roman Catholic Church and one for the Church of England and the Methodists. [...] The Education Act of 1874 saw the further division of the Education Grant, much to the pleasure of the Church of England.

The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures.