Alan Chell talks Revelstoke School District ranking

Revelstoke Mountaineer Podcast

The Revelstoke Board of Education has been ranked first in B.C. alongside their West Vancouver counterpart in a report by the Fraser Institute. The neo-liberal think tank’s report is usually accompanied by an asterisk denoting criticism of their school ranking reports. Critics say the ranking focuses on unhelpful selection of criteria that favours private schools and produces a snapshot that doesn’t factor in important socio-economic differences between districts. Alan Chell is the long-serving chairperson of the Revelstoke Board of Education. In the interview with the Revelstoke Mountaineer embedded below, Chell said the Revelstoke School District is data-focused and utilizes the information to improve education here. He spoke with the Revelstoke Mountaineer about the 2015 edition of the annual report on May 14.