David KingThe tragedy of UvaldeOn Tuesday, May 24th, in Uvalde, Texas, an N.R.A./gun weapon massacre took the lives of 19 elementary school students, 2 of their teachers…May 27, 2022May 27, 2022
David KingAlberta’s Education Amendment Act — Reforming Teacher Profession Discipline — hides an Improvised…Bill 15 (Education Amendment Act — Reforming Teacher Profession Discipline) is bad legislation in its impact on teachers and the teaching…Apr 7, 2022Apr 7, 2022
David KingHousing in Oak Bay — best answers?Housing in Oak Bay continues to be topical. Most recently, two District Councillors, Cairine Greene and Hazel Braithwaite have contributed…Apr 5, 2022Apr 5, 2022
David KingBill 15 is misguided public policy and puts education at riskMyer Horowitz, former President of the University of Alberta and former Dean of the Faculty of Education of the U. of A.Apr 5, 2022Apr 5, 2022
David KingMore on charter schools — are ‘Public’ Schools public?Some readers of an earlier piece challenged the way I distinguished public schools from charter schools which, I argue, are private. Some…Apr 2, 2022Apr 2, 2022
David KingPut yourself in the shoes of a Ukrainian. What of the Future?This is day 35 of the invasion. Most of the world understands the invasion by means of occasional news segments to which we briefly turn…Mar 30, 2022Mar 30, 2022
David KingAre charter schools ‘public’?A recent opinion piece in the Edmonton Journal invites further conversation about charter schools in the context of public school…Mar 26, 20221Mar 26, 20221
David KingOn Public School Education (#2) — The Dilemma of modelling a civil democratic communityIf a vital goal of public school education is to create citizens then it follows that each and every school should manifest itself as a…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
David KingOn Public School Education (#1 of 3)The March 14th edition of The New Yorker, included an article entitled “The Access Trap”, by Nathan Heller. This is what The New Yorker is…Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022
David KingReflecting on the Ottawa OccupationDemocracy is always a work in progressFeb 20, 2022Feb 20, 2022