Molly Hurd
Molly Hurd has had a wide variety of teaching experiences in northern Quebec, rural Nova Scotia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Britain. She was teacher and Headteacher at Halifax Independent School for 20 years and is the author of “Best School in the World: How students, teachers and parents have created a model that can transform Canada’s public schools.”

It seems that every few years, another province toys with the idea of eliminating school boards—those pesky thorns of local democracy that stick in the…

On a gray day last September, I attended a counter-protest at the Grand Parade in Halifax. I was there as part of “Education Saves Lives”…

Attacking public education isn’t just an American phenomenon—it’s happening in Nova Scotia right now.
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