Here's a PDF of the Summary of Findings of the Royal Commission on Education (better known as the Sullivan Commission), published in 1988 and forgotten within a few years.
Books on Education
- Crawford Kilian: 2020 visions : the futures of Canadian education
Published in 1995 and not entirely out of date. - John D. Pulliam: History of Education in America
Know the past, or repeat it. - Northrop Frye: On Education
A wise book by Canada's greatest educator. - Linda M. Harasim: Online Education
An early survey of a field that's still trying to find itself.
Education Links
- Alberta Teachers' Association
- BC Ministry of Education
- BC Teachers' Federation
- BCTF Provincial Specialist Association websites
- California Teachers Association
- Canadian Education Association
- Education Statistics on the Internet
- LearnNowBC
- Manitoba Education and Literacy
- Nova Scotia Teachers Union
- NSTALL
- OECD Education Information
- OTF/FEO
- Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation
- Statistics Canada: Education, training and learning
- US National Center for Education Statistics
- Washington Education Association
My Blogs
- Ask the English Teacher
Questions and answers about English usage. - Bridging the Income Gap
Why inequality is hazardous to your health. - Camila Vallejo in English
Tracking a political phenomenon - H5N1
News and resources about avian flu - Jou Tou and Silk Road Music
About a couple of remarkable Vancouver world-music groups. - Neat Stuff
Serendipitous discoveries around the Web. - On Education
Schools for a civil society. - Pioneers
Blogging the Black pioneers of British Columbia - Sointula
"Place of Harmony"—a remarkable community on BC's central coast. - Write a Novel
An online guide for fiction writers. - Sell Your Nonfiction Book
And use online resources to research, write, and publish it. - Writing Fiction
Advice and suggestions on how to write and sell short stories and fiction. - Writing for the Web
About the surprising new genres emerging on the Web.
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