Lists and comments upon some basic and critical local powers that school boards should have in order to enjoy that degree of autonomy and flexibility consistent with our constitutional constraints. (Author/RK)

A discussion of the workings of a metro system of educational governance. (Editor)

The General Agreement on Trade in Services gives priority to international commercial interests, and unless this trend is countered, public policy authority for education will shift to the World Trade Organization. While the Canadian government has stated that public education systems are not negotiable, the exclusion provisions it bases that…

One of the continuing dilemmas of educational finance is the difficulty of reconciling the advantages of local control in education with the need for provincial control when all funds are provided from provincial revenues. Considers a proposal for school finance reform advocated by the Graham Commission on Education, Public Services and…

Declining population in rural Saskatchewan has led to declining resources. The Minister of Education has proposed consolidating schools and creating school councils that, although involved in local decision making, will not govern directly. It is unclear whether boards of education will remain intact or be consolidated with other human services…

Discusses controversial changes in educational policy resulting from the government's restraint program to control public sector spending and from the broader movement to reform public schooling. Outlines the causes of restraint and its immediate and long-term effects on public education. Emphasizes the shift to provincial control of decisions…