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Public Policy Part 2: Why in the Name of the Good Lord is a High School Coach Not a Paid Position in Canadian Public Schools?

Posted by: Emily Beers


By creating a more efficient education system that allows for less teachers and more independent learning for students who excel in that environment, (see Part 1), the savings this would generate should, at least partially, be used to pay high school coaches. Coaches are teachers who volunteer an additional 20 to 30 hours of their time each week. My basketball coaches were the heroes of my High School experience.

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Trying my hand at a public policy: Education Part 1 - A Case for Independent, Self-Directed Studies Curriculum in our Public Schools

Posted by: Emily Beers


Part 1 explains how introducing the option for independent, self-directed learning in all public High Schools would help many teens learn more effectively, all the while would contribute to the class size and composition problem, as well as free up money to be used where it is needed.

 

 

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