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

  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

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

    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