The Canadian School Boards Association recently commissioned Valerie Overgaard, a retired Associate Superintendent from the Vancouver School District, to conduct a literature review to examine the relationship between high-quality public education systems and governing school boards.
Read MoreCounterpoint: Ontario experience provides ample rationale for axing school boards in Nova Scotia
With all due respect to former Education Minister Marilyn More who wrote, “The Glaze report does not offer evidence to justify the extreme leap to disbanding elected school boards,” (Opinion: Canning school boards will have unintended consequences), there is more than enough evidence to justify the move. One need only look as far as Ontario to see why the recommendation is spot on.
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