In his State of the State speech new Nevada governor Jim Gibbons described his new "Empowerment" plan for Nevada schools as a "bold new approach" that "started in Canada 30 years ago." Then he introduced Michael Strembitsky, in the audience, as "the architect and father of the Edmonton Empowerment Program." Edmonton has been in Nevada news since then.
So what IS the 'Edmonton Model'? Here's an interview with the man who took the Edmonton school system over when Strembitsky stepped down. It's part of a report an Ohio school reform group did: The Edmonton Model of Public School Reform