The Free Press: Classroom confidential

It was hardly an auspicious debut. Shortly after the province’s online teacher registry went live, University of Manitoba law professor Brandon Trask attempted to access it on his smartphone. It failed to load.

Months later, during an interview, he got the same result.

“Just did it again now and same thing,” he said, before switching from his iPhone to a desktop computer. “Then you get onto it, and you start to notice some other things right away.”

By restricting information to given and last names, along with the status of a teacher’s certificate, the registry falls far short of its stated goal of improving transparency in classroom oversight and of better informing families about the individuals responsible for their children’s education, said Trask, a former Crown attorney.

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