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Join Paul W. Bennett, author of The State of the System: A Reality Check on Canada's Schools, for a provocative and revealing analysis of K-12 public education that will serve as catalyst for public policy debate and discussion on navigating the school system in COVID-19. Hosted by Halifax Chamber of Commerce.
Exploring the nature of the Canadian education order in all its dimensions, The State of the System explains how public schools came to be so bureaucratic, confronts the critical issues facing kindergarten to grade 12 public schools in all ten provinces, and addresses the need for systemic reform. Going beyond a diagnosis of the stresses, strains, and ills present in the system, Paul Bennett proposes a bold plan to re-engineer schools on a more human scale as the first step in truly reforming public education. In place of school consolidation and managerialism, one-size-fits-all uniformity, limited school choice, and the "success-for-all" curriculum, Bennett advocates for a new set of priorities: decentralize school governance, deprogram education ministries and school districts, listen to parents and teachers, and revitalize local education democracy.
Paul W. Bennett is director of the Schoolhouse Institute in Halifax and national coordinator for Canada of researchED.