Advocating for our children, our schools and our communities
Advocacy Workshop
Sunday, March 14, 2010
1:00-4:30 p.m.
Pasqua Neighbourhood Centre, Regina
263 Lewvan Dr (off Wascana)
A workshop led by Jacqui Strachan, parent involvement coordinator of the successful Ontario lobby group People for Education, followed by discussion of the issues from aboriginal, rural and urban perspectives.
Public Presentation and Discussion
'Standardized Evaluation: Who is Being Served?'
Are all the required tests, grids and reports helping teachers teach and students learn?
Featuring Jacqui Strachan, People for Education, and members of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, publisher of Assessing Students' Ways of Knowing. Presented by the Faculty of Education, University of Regina.
Monday, March 15, 2010
7:00-9:00 p.m.
La Bodega Restaurant
2228 Albert St.- Upstairs Dining Room
Registration and further information.
Who we are
RealRenewal is a coalition of parents and community members who value quality, sustainable neighbourhood schools. We first met in December 2007 in response to the Regina Public School Board’s 10-Year Renewal Plan to close 14 inner city schools, placing nearly half of elementary students on buses. Since that time, we have worked to promote greater public awareness about the educational, social and economic advantages of small-school education, and about the role schools should play in building healthy, sustainable communities of the future.
The future we imagine
- Schools of all shapes and sizes
- Smaller classes
- Kids first
- Walkable communities
- Happy, secure school staff
- Schools as centres of community
- Green restoration and retrofitting
- Smart growth for a growing city
Photo: Westvale Trailblazers Walking School Bus
What we oppose
- Increased busing
- Large, overcrowded schools
- Inner city abandonment
- Demolition of community assets
- Heartless, thoughtless bureaucracy
How you can help
- Send us your comments and ideas
- Attend community forums
- Talk to your neighbours
- Volunteer with RealRenewal
- Donate to our public awareness campaign
Creating Change - Becoming a school trustee (pdf)
New on the site
News
In our news area, read the full text of education critic Pat Atkinson's remarks on changes to special needs programming, posted Wed.Feb. 24.
- Ministry of Education planning documents on changes to special needs/support services.
- A new book on standardized evaluation from aboriginal perspectives, published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Events
Workshop registration, next RealRenewal meeting.