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Category Archives: Governance
Results Review @ George P. Nicholson
[ May 19, 2012; 7:10 am; November 17, 2010; 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Please join Trustee MacKenzie and me as we review
Brookside, Steinhauer, Sweet Grass, Vernon Barford, Westbrook Schools.
Everyone is welcome! See you there!
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Results Review @ George P. Nicholson
[ November 17, 2010; 9:00 am to 8:30 pm. ] Please join Trustee MacKenzie and me as we review
George P. Nicholson, Greenfield, Harry Ainlay, Keheewin Schools.
Everyone is welcome. Meeting ends at 11:30 am.
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Results Review @ Lillian Osborne
[ November 10, 2010; 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Please join Trustee Johner and me as we review the results of Brander Gardens, DS MacKenzie, Earl Buxton, GH Luck, Lillian Osborne and Riverbend Junior High Schools.
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T’was the night before the election….
T’was the night before the election
And in the ‘burbs and the core
Edmonton voters were considering
Which trustee to vote for.
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They know it will be the most important
X they will make
For their children’s, their city’s,
Their future’s sake.
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Which candidate in my ward will wrestle
Issues most complex,
Think long-term and big picture
And not get perplexed?
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Who will keep me informed
As to [...]
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Missing in the Discussion: Education
In 2004 I wrote a short article saying that “the trustee vote is the most important of all.” Why? Because in educating our children, our public education system is creating our collective future as a community, as a city, as a province, as a country, and as a world. The stronger our public schools are, [...]
The Opportunity of Sector Review: Seize it!
It has been interesting to follow the comments of trustee, councillor, and mayoral candidates about schools during this election. These comments were brought to the fore by yesterday’s announcement by Stephen Mandel around the idea of creating school revitalization zones: http://www.mandelformayor.org/issues/mandel-outlines-plans-to-address-community-sustainability/ And as Don Iveson said earlier today in his blog “If this whole election [...]
Acclaimed… why?
On Nomination Day, a long-time parent advocate for public education tweeted the following after hearing that Trustee Dave Colburn and I were acclaimed. “What do @cripleyepsb and @davecolb have in common? They have successfully engaged their constituencies… different as they may be.”
I then received congratulatory emails and messages from a variety of people. In a [...]
Wiki Government (4): Would a wiki be useful for policy development?
Today I am continuing on with my mining of ideas from Ms. Beth Simone Noveck’s book Wiki Government and doing some thinking around how technology could help Edmonton Public Schools in its commitment to public engagement – with the end result of making better decisions as mentioned in the last post. (By the way, a [...]
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Wiki Government (3): Deliberative Democracy Versus Collaborative Democracy
On page 39 Ms. Noveck describes the differences between deliberative and collaborative democracy… which both exist in the realm of participatory democracy and are group-based. She also suggests that the differences are more pronounced on the Internet and that collaboration has become so much easier because of technology.
It is interesting to reflect on these differences [...]
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Wiki Government (2): How can people and groups work with institutions? Can technology help?
More from Wiki Government! On page 29, Ms. Noveck writes, “Countless civic groups already use new communication and information sharing tools to promote political action, operate an opposition movement, or mobilize community activism. Collaborative governance needs to be distinguished from this kind of civic action that is independent of government – change.org instead of change.gov. [...]
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