Vancouver Sun Dear Sir: Re: Horgan vows end to portable classes in Surrey About replacing those portables in Surrey with brick-and mortar schools: Aren’t there other alternatives? The cost for these permanent structures is astronomical! The model adopted by Nevada is worth examining. Their circumstances are similar to Surrey’s —… Read more
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Major Shift Needed — From Producer Demands to Needs of Consumer and Public Interest
Below, are two comments I recently published which anticipate the BIG SHIFT in BC's education scenario — announced today (June25 8:00 am — Lone negotiator to lead revised teacher talks). For a quick read of expected directions foreseen, see *** in the bolded sections below. June 14, 2013, comment, Tunya Audain to Vancouver Sun… Read more
Frustrated Parents Expect Responsiveness & Results
Frustrated Parents Expect Responsiveness & Results It’s taken me 40 years to witness signs that parents may finally be accorded the respect and place they should have in state education systems. The public school movement — in its march to secularization, uniformity, and centralization — has very effectively used and… Read more
The BLOB Usurps Parent Responsibilities
Parent’s Role And Responsibilities Usurped By The BLOB (BLOB – Bloated Learning Organized Bureaucracies) Instead of “Families First” I say it is “Families Last”. Even while our BC government says its policies must prioritize what’s best for families, the reality sadly leaves parents left-out in critical matters… Read more
Withholding Student Reports Is Illegal
Collective bargaining between teacher unions and the government is an experience which effectively excludes most people who are intimately concerned with the outcomes — parents, students, taxpayers — the public generally. There are two parties who meet in secret to arrange a peace pact. Invariably, the teacher union —… Read more