Today, the topic of education system transformation is front of mind for many leaders. Ministers of education around the world are seeking to build back better as they emerge from COVID-19-school closures to a new normal of living with a pandemic. In response, the authors have developed this shared vision of education system transformation. This…

In this paper we compare the use of research and other evidence in the decision-making practices of two groups of education policy elites, situated in different contexts--provincial education ministries and school districts. Data are derived from two pan-Canadian studies: Galway (2006) and Sheppard, Galway, Brown and Wiens (2013). The findings…

Information and opinion concerning research and development in Canadian educational administration is presented in three main sections. Section 1 discusses the general status of educational research in relation to the concerns of the federal government, provincial departments of education, and local school districts. Difficulties in the structure,…

The Ontario (Canada) Ministry of Education developed a six-stage evaluation model for local school districts that emphasized the values of involvement, communications, self-evaluation, cooperation, comprehensiveness, continuity, and coordination. The model includes the four components of people, purposes, programs, and products. The initiation and…

This condensed report first discusses the problems facing educators in Newfoundland and Labrador and proposes a reorganization of the provincial education system. It then outlines the role of the new divisions and the branches of divisions recommended in the plan for the reorganization of the Department of Education. The report concludes with a…

Focusing on educational administration in Canada, this paper deals with three aspects: concerns of educational administrators, preparation and inservice programs, and research in educational administration. The first section begins by presenting the structure and function of educational administration in Canada, including provincial departments of…

This is the last in a five-volume series concerned with organization development (OD) in the schools. First, along with discussing limitations of the sampling, it briefly summarizes conclusions from the review of the literature (volume 2), the study of consultants and the study of districts (volume 3), and the three case studies (volume 4).…

The School Library Policy Statement for Manitoba schools begins with the mission statement of Manitoba Education and Training and the Goals of Learning for Manitoba. Statements of Manitoba's School Library Policy and the Philosophy of the School Library Program are also provided, together with an outline of the responsibilities of both Manitoba's…

This paper describes an evaluation model developed by the Ontario Ministry of Education and illustrates how it was adapted to meet local and provincial needs of the Scarborough School System for accountability data and direction for change. The basic Cooperative Evaluation and Development of School Systems (CEDSS) model includes five stages of…