Blueprint for education overhaul

If the Liberal government was looking for a green light to make sweeping changes to the province’s education system, it got it on Thursday from the final report of the Myra Freeman-led minister’s panel on education. The 71-page report, Disrupting the Status Quo: Nova Scotians Demand a Better Future for Every Student, is more of a “to do” list of recommendations calling for common-sense improvements than a manifesto for revolutionary change. More...