When we are promised more parent involvement should we welcome it? Why, when so many parents are already frustrated with what we have, should we welcome MORE of the same. This article argues for radical changes to the education system, which if applied, would unleash presently repressed parent energy: –… Read more
Author: Tunya Audain
WILY TEACHER UNIONS SUBVERT DEMOCRACY
Teachers unions are known to be mighty warriors against reasonable efforts to remove incompetent teachers from classrooms. This is an international phenomenon as these unions are well connected fraternally and they share agendas which favor union goals. In British Columbia we have had a College of Teachers which, like… Read more
Teacher Union’s Need to Agitate – BC (Canada)
The annual teacher union protest/campaign/disruption – whatever – happens as regular as clockwork around Springtime in BC (Canada). As one local teacher union newsletter puts it: “As the weather slowly changes, and plants start poking their green leaves up above the dirt, it is time for us to also shake… Read more
Corruption in School Systems Rampant
It’s just a matter of degree. Expect all schools and school systems to be vulnerable to corruption – anywhere from pilfering a pencil from a school to outright criminal embezzlement as we’ve seen in the Detroit Public School system. The education systems, being the biggest or second biggest spenders… Read more
Superintendents’ Reports on Achievement: Key Tool
The Purpose of Superintendents’ Reports on Student Achievement This report from the Superintendent for Prince Rupert (SD #52) is one of the few out of the 60 we are to see in the next few months. By law, this report is to be prepared by Dec 15 and in the… Read more