The BC College of Teachers (BCCT), in place for 2 decades and designed to oversee the public interest in education is seen, by many in BC, as effectively being undermined by the union representing government (public) school teachers, the BCTF (BC Teachers’ Federation). The membership of the BCCT is comprised… Read more
Using Polls As A Tool Of Totalitarianism
Polls Can Easily Become A Tool Of Totalitarianism BC is experiencing a deluge of organized attacks and destabilization maneuvers to force more funding for government schools. Even though throughout the rest of the world the same constraints on public spending are being felt, and school spending is seriously being… Read more
Parent Rights and Their Children’s Education
PARENT RIGHTS AND THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION The Right to 1. Choice 2. Information 3. Be Heard & Consulted 4. Special Assistance 5. Involvement 6. Safeguards 7. Appeal For a Printable PDF of this Article Click Here The rights compiled here are those that generally apply in most democratic… Read more
Parent Power in Each School
Parent Power (By Tunya Audain 100326, comment to blog Report Card by Janet Steffenhagen Vancouver Sun Education Reporter on: “Provincial parent group not in trouble, president says” 100324) Why do parents have to beg for recognition from their school systems? I’ve attended parent advisory meetings which spent most of… Read more
The Birth of the Home Education Movement – 1972 – Mexico
I remember people ardently ranting and raging against oppressive compulsory schooling. About poverty and the thwarted aspirations of the poor. About the escalation of school restrictions and demands being as destructive as the escalation of weapons. About school and medical systems showing declining results as more money was being… Read more