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1. Provincewide testing key to improvement in B.C. schools

   Appeared in the Victoria Times Colonist, October 16, 2020 In his recent commentary in the Times Colonist, Geoff Johnson, a retired school superintendent, makes the case for eliminating provincewide testing in British Columbia. This is a misguided proposal ...

2. 300,000 reasons why ranking B.C. schools is a valuable activity

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, August 18, 2016 The Report Card on British Columbia’s Secondary Schools is all about comparing schools on the basis of student success. Last year alone, about 300,000 parents, teachers, school principals, and others ...

3. The Report Card on Alberta’s High Schools—comparing schools on the basis of student success

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, July 23, 2016 Last year alone, about 250,000 Alberta parents, teachers, school principals, and others visited the Fraser Institute’s school performance website and did just that. But one of the Report Card’s more vocal ...

4. Let parents decide how they use their kids' test results

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal It will be much tougher for Alberta parents to ensure their kids are getting a good education if the Alberta government moves ahead with plans to junk the province-wide elementary school achievement tests. During the ...

5. Alberta's kids need the tests

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun and Edmonton Sun The Alberta government is about to do something that's going to hurt kids across the province. Thomas Lukaszuk, Alberta's education minister, says he will end the province-wide elementary school ...

6. BC teachers need a reality check on wages and benefits

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver, August 2011 Given the current fiscal climate-- the BC government's significant deficit ($1.4 billion over the next two years)-- and comparisons with the income of average BC families, now is hardly the time for BC ...

7. Children should all have a chance to succeed

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Back in March, I wrote in the Calgary Herald about schools that year after year find themselves at the bottom of the Fraser Institute rankings. After more analysis, here is an update. Poor results; no improvement. That' ...

8. Are Alberta's schools keeping their promise?

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald Surely, the promise of an effective education system is that all of Alberta's children-regardless of their personal or family challenges-will acquire the skills and knowledge they need to continue their studies and go ...

9. Properly designed, merit pay for teachers will pay off for students

   Appeared in Business in Vancouver It’s a safe bet to assume that all British Columbians want children to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to build a happy and productive life. In order to ensure that opportunity for all, our public schools should ...

10. Let’s rank our teachers

    Appeared in The Mark Any Canadian teachers’ union official or minister of education will tell you that every public school teacher in the country is a highly qualified professional and any public school will provide your children with a good education. ...