The Education Modernization Act, which was unveiled three months ago, alongside the K-12 review and five-year Better Education Starts Today strategy, will replace elected boards with a centralized authority of government appointees. To date, at least five campaigns run by the Manitoba School Boards Association, Manitoba Teachers’ Society, parents and teachers who make up the ProtectEdMB collective, Manitoba NDP, and Manitoba Liberals, respectively have been launched against the legislation. “The groundswell of support has caught them off-guard and it’s, frankly, just getting started. His press conference today was excellent in terms of the attention that it has drawn to the opposition,” said Alan Campbell, president of the school boards association, a non-partisan entity that started the Local Voices, Local Choices movement.
Minister dismisses critics, implores Manitobans to do their own research on reform plans
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