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		<title>School trustees in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows draft trustee expense and professional development policies</title>
		<link>http://publiceducationhorizons.com/2010/04/22/school-trustees-in-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-draft-trustee-expense-and-professional-development-policies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 07:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Wagner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[SD42 Board of Education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[expense accounts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In response (it would seem) to questions and concerns about the details of their personal expense accounts, District 42 school trustees have given first reading to two new policies.
The Trustee Professional Development and Attendance at Conferences policy and the Trustee - Provision of Resources policy are both posted to the school district website and public comment is invited until the end of April (2010).
As I have pointed out previously, some trustees are putting in for expense reimbursement at a rate of more than $5,000 annually during the 2008/2009 period - as reported within the required Statement of Financial Information (SOFI).
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Definition of public education &#8220;transparency&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://publiceducationhorizons.com/2010/03/27/definition-of-public-education-transparency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Wagner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Public Education Reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[School trustee role]]></category>

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This post is an addendum to yesterdays post B.C. Public Education - Who is minding the shop?
&#8220;Transparency&#8221; is a popular word used to describe the concept of open government. But what, exactly, does in mean in practical terms?
Here is my working definition.  I welcome comments and suggestions.
Government/public institution transparency consists of four key components:

The depth and breadth of the information available to the public
The effectiveness of  communication around what information is available
The ease and convenience of locating the information
The level of accessibility of the information to the average member of the public. For example,  formatting and plain language packaging.

Related links:
March [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B.C. Public Education - Who is minding the shop?</title>
		<link>http://publiceducationhorizons.com/2010/03/26/bc-public-education-who-is-minding-the-shop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Wagner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Public Education Reform]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[charter schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Trustees not authors of reform
School Watch by Katherine Wagner
The Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows Times, March 26, 2010
A cabinet minister proposes a provincial government transparency task force. The premier holds an open vote in the legislature on the idea. MLAs reject the task force on the grounds &#8220;they already share enough information with the public.&#8221; Legislative reporters write about it. The public doesn&#8217;t react and MLAs take this as a sign they made the right decision.
Sound implausible? Substitute your elected school trustees, and the above scenario played out in Maple Ridge last month.
Last year the same board of trustees endorsed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defining moments in Canadian history?</title>
		<link>http://publiceducationhorizons.com/2010/02/23/defining-moments-in-canadian-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katherine Wagner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Identity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bill Good Show]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FLQ Crisis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Historica Dominion Institute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Montreal]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Rene Levesque]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I called in to CKNW&#8217;s Bill Good Show during a focused open line segment. The topic (which few callers stuck to) was the finding of a Historica-Dominion Institute survey &#8220;that the Vancouver Olympic Games are a defining national moment in Canadian history&#8221;. Bill Good asked callers about the events they consider &#8220;defining&#8221;.
I dialed the open line number and chatted with a young man I assume is one of the show producers. I was put on hold to wait my turn but time ran out and I was left on the line.
I planned to begin by mentioning I lived [...]]]></description>
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