Who Should Rule Education — The Government or Teacher Union? This question arises because in British Columbia, Canada, the BC Teachers' Union has successfully, over a number of years, undermined the value of standardized testing — the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA). The national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, had its… Read more
Author: Tunya Audain
Wiping The Slate Clean Won’t Solve School Testing Wars
Wiping The Slate Clean Won’t Solve School Testing Wars Because of the teacher union opposition to annual standardized testing many parents have been persuaded to withhold their children from the Foundation Skills Assessments (FSAs) in British Columbia. The Principals Association has now joined in to request dropping the… Read more
Teacher Union Narrative Sets A Toxic Tone
Every year the teacher union in British Columbia (Canada) mounts a militant protest against standardized testing in public schools. This year the Principals/Vice-Principals Association has added their support. Below is the essay I wrote showing that underlying the FSA (Foundation Skills Assessment) protest is the political ambition of the… Read more
“Progressive” Agenda Advancing – Unfortunately!
The Progressive Agenda Being Fulfilled (by Tunya Audain 100815, comment to Blog School for Thought (SQE) on topic “Saying it as it is” 100814 http://www.societyforqualityeducation.org/index.php/blog/read/saying-it-as-it-is/ ) The deterioration of language skills is real and deliberate. It is a pervasive trend with direct connections to teacher training where progressivism… Read more
Teacher Union Calls The Shots in BC
BCTF Will Continue To Call the Shots in BC Education (This essay was published Dec 10 in the Vancouver Sun's blog, "The Report Card") The Avison Report clearly illustrates how the current BC College of Teachers is dysfunctional to the fulfillment of its mandate. Even if the BC Teachers’… Read more