Peter Cowley
is an independent education researcher. Upon graduation from UBC (B.Comm.,
1974), Peter accepted a marketing post with Procter and Gamble in Toronto.
Shortly after, he returned to Vancouver to begin a long career in marketing
and general management in the furniture-manufacturing sector. During his
assignments in general management, process improvement was a special focus
and interest. In 1994, Peter wrote and published The Parent's Guide,
a popular handbook for the parents of British Columbia's secondary-school
students. The Parent's Guide web-site replaced the handbook in 1995.
A rating of secondary schools appeared on The Parent's Guide web-site
last year and has been well-used by site visitors.
Stephen T. Easton is a professor of economics at Simon Fraser University and an Adjunct Scholar at the Fraser Institute. He received his A.B. from Oberlin College and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He has published extensively. Recent works published by the Fraser Institute include: Editor, Privatizing Prisons (1998); "The Crime Bill: Who Pays and How Much? (with Paul Brantingham) (1996); and editor, Rating Global Economic Freedom (1992).
Recent publications about education include "Plus ca change, plus ca la meme chose" in Stephen B Lawton, Rodney Reed, and Fons van Wieringen, Restructuring Public Schooling (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1997); and Education in Canada: An Analysis of Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Schooling (Fraser Institute, 1988).
His editorials have been
carried upon occasion by the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail,
the Financial Post, the Ottawa Citizen, the Stirling chain
and many other newspapers around the country.
Michael A. Walker
is the executive Director of The Fraser Institute. Born in Newfoundland
in 1945, he received his B.A. (summa) from St. Francis Xavier University
in 1966 and completed the work for his Ph.D. in Economics at the University
of Western Ontario in 1969. Dr. Walker writes regularly for daily newspapers
and financial periodicals. His articles have also appeared in technical
journals in Canada, the United States and Europe; these include the American
Economic Review, the Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian
Public Policy, Health Affairs, and the Canadian Tax Journal.
He has written or edited 40 books on economic matters.
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