Announcing the publication of: RING SOME ALARM BELLS IN ONTARIO: REACTIONS TO THE REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON LEARNING The Report of the Ontario Royal Commission--entitled "For the Love of Learning"--was greeted at first with some enthusiasm. On closer scrutiny, however, the initial enthusiasm began to wane, and a vigorous debate emerged in the press--and in schools and universities--on the relative merits of the Report's proposals. Spurred by these debates, the authors of "Ring Some Alarm Bells in Ontario" discuss several questions that reach to the very heart of education and schooling in Canada. Rather than review every proposal in the Report, they have selected several key issues related to education and learning and subjected them to close--and very vigorous--examination. The result of these discussions is to ring again, in the words of the Report itself, "some alarm bells in Ontario." Given the contents of this timely and imaginative volume, readers may well consider the Commission's recommendations in a very different light. The authors draw attention to the need to examine very carefully any new educational "solutions," and to re-assess them in the context of first educational principles. By examining these important questions lucidly and thoughtfully, this book will appeal to all those interested in improving education for our most important heritage--our children. The authors: The authors--Robin Barrow, Catherine Beattie, Rebecca Priegert Coulter, Carol Crealock, LeRoi Daniels, R.D. Gidney, Colin Laine, Denis Lawton, Geoffrey Milburn, Hugh Munby, Jerry Paquette, and Dennis Raphael--are well-known for their interest in contemporary education. "RING SOME ALARM BELLS IN ONTARIO (edited by Geoffrey Milburn) is available from THE ALTHOUSE PRESS, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario, 1167 Western Road, London, Ontario N6G 1G7 x+182 pp. ISBN 0-920354-38-6 Paperback: $18.95 plus shipping and handling For info: please contact Ms Butson at 519-661-2096/ e-mail [log in to unmask] /fax: 519-661-3833 Dennis Raphael, Ph.D., C.Psych 62 First Avenue Toronto, Ontario M4M 1W8 Tel: 416-465-7455