Yet Another New Education Minister Tries To Tame The Beasts! A new Minister of Education – the fifth in 9 years – has just been appointed (Oct 25/10) in British Columbia, Canada. The field of education reform is rife with pitfalls – lurking dangers and ferocious adversaries. Any education… Read more
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Teacher Unions Under the Light – Long Overdue
If it wasn’t for the “perception” that the BC Teachers Union (BCTF) was dominating the BC College of Teachers (BCCT) we would not have the benefit being enjoyed now of scrutinizing our teacher unions, particularly in BC. In America there have been tons of books blaming the teacher unions… Read more
“Waiting for Superman”, the Movie, Comes to Vancouver
Yes, this is a movie about American education, but because its theme is the betrayal of public education by teacher unions we should pay attention. Our unions in Canada also seriously oppose education reform and parental and student choice whenever and wherever possible. The Vancouver International Film Festival has… Read more
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