News Reports
Schoolhouse Consulting Director Paul Bennett is now called upon regularly for informed expert commentary on current educational issues.
Here are a few recent examples:

On School Board Priorities:
Edifices and Students: The Halifax Board's Move to Costly New Headquarters
- in Halifax Magazine (September, 2010). The Afterthought Column sparked a Public Debate featured on CBC Radio's Mainstreet hosted by Stephanie Domet (Sept 14-15)

On Specialization in Early Elementary Education:
Forget Recess: 7-Year Olds to Choose their own 'Majors'
– in The National Post, (August 11, 2010). The story led to a Live Public Debate on Prime-Time News, Access Alberta–TV, August 31, 2010.

On Tourism History:
Selling Nova Scotia Myths
– A book review of Ian McKay and Robin Bates' In the Province of History (2010) in The Sunday Herald, (July 25, 2010)

On the Limits of School Principals' Authority:
Halifax Principal Wrestles Student, Escapes Dismissal
– in The Globe and Mail, (June 5, 2010)

On the Ken Fells School Video Controversy:
The Ken Fells Fiasco
-- in The Globe and Mail (July 22, 2010)
Call for a Provincial Inquiry – in The Chronicle Herald (June 9, 2010)

What's New
ANNOUNCING - NEW EDUCATION SERIES - Paul W. Bennett's first Education File Report for OPENFILE Halifax on "Alternative School Programs" appeared Sept 27, 2011. [more...]

BOOK LAUNCH - Paul W. Bennett's DREAMING BIG: The Don Gardiner Realty Story made a big splash on Sept 14, 2011 in Fredericton and Oromocto NB with City Hall Receptions and great press coverage. [more....]

BOOK REVIEW - Dr. Michael Corbett's review of Vanishing Schools, Threatened Communities (Sunday Herald, July 31, 2011) praised the book for offering a much needed "scholarly look" at the "emotional issue" of school closures.

PUBLIC LECTURE TOUR - Schoolhouse Director Paul Bennett's Public Lecture Tour made stops in Yarmouth NS (Sept. 2), Windsor NS (Sept. 8), and Antigonish NS (Sept. 12) and were rebroadcast on Eastlink TV's Podium Series.

UP AGAINST EDUTOPIA - Paul W. Bennett's "Up Against Edutopia: Dr. James Daly's Lonely Crusade against the Spectre of Progressivism, 1968-1983," is the lead article in the Spring 2011 issue of Historical Studies in Education [more...]

ONGOING INITIATIVES:
NEWS COMMENTARIES - Since September, Dr. Paul Bennett has provided Education News analysis for CBC Radio's Maritime Noon and CBC Mainstreet NS as well as regular spots on News 95.7's Maritime Morning and The Rick Howe Show.

STUDENTS FIRST NOVA SCOTIA - Since late March 2011, the Schoolhouse Institute, in collaboration with AIMS, has supported Nova Scotia's parent-driven school reform movement "putting students first." (see video)

POLICY RESEARCH PROJECTS REPORT: In early October 2011, Schoolhouse Consulting completed a major research report on "International Schools" for the Canadian Association of Accredited Schools (CAIS).

STAY CURRENT! - Connect with Educhatter on EduBlog for weekly education policy issue forums, and on Twitter for daily posts on emerging issues in education.

Testimonials

"Canadians are properly concerned about their children's education, and Dr. Paul Bennett is well versed on the major issues. He's a veteran teacher and a respected historian who brings a vital awareness of the past as well as the present to a field in need of some serious research."

Dr. Desmond Morton, Distinguished Professor of History, McGill University, Montreal.

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