The Drummond Report Education Initiatives
The Drummond Report recommends ways in which Mr. Drummond believes the government should reduce costs in education to achieve savings he feels must be made as part of the larger restructuring of our economic affairs.
The executive summary of the report's education section is of particular note to parents, students and teachers:
- 6.1 Negotiations
- 6.11 and 6.12 FDK
- 6.13 Raise the class size cap
- 6.14 Institute fee for "victory lap" year
- 6.16 Institute fee for transportation
- 6.17 Reduce per pupil funding for textbooks, computers by 25%
- 6.24 Give minister power to order sale of closed schools
See my Blog on the report.
The recommendations are summarized as follows:
Recommendation 6-1:
To meet our overall fiscal objectives, the Commission believes that the growth rate in the education budget over the term from 2010–11 to 2017–18 must be constrained to one per cent per year.
Recommendation 6-2:
The budget constraint must be applied strategically so as not to jeopardize the improvements in results achieved, such as on provincial assessments and with graduation rates.
Recommendation 6-3:
The elementary and secondary education sector should stay the course with its current agenda, which consists of three key goals: improving student achievement, closing gaps in student outcomes and increasing confidence in the publicly funded school system. The province and the sector must sustain the current alignment between provincial, school board and school-level efforts, and sustain the “pressure and support” approach adopted in recent years.
