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By Jenn on May 2, 2012
See the latest news update on the B.C. School Trustees’ Association Annual General Meeting and teacher bargaining in British Columbia. Full article here: The Report Card by Janet Steffenhagen, April 30, 2012. 9:44 am © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
By Jenn on April 19, 2012
Read a North Vancouver teacher’s proposal for quality B.C. education and his opinion on the BCTF‘s action plan: Full article from the Vancouver Sun’s Education Blog, The Report Card here. Vancouver Sun article by Janet Steffenhagen: April 15, 2012. 3:32 pm • Section: Report Card, STAFF © The Vancouver Sun
By Jenn on April 17, 2012
Is Our Education System Headed for Success or Failure? Review the Vancouver Sun’s Education Blog The Report Card for today’s forum of the future of education in British Columbia. The forum is free: register here. Guest speakers: Charles Ungerleider, former Deputy Education Minister and University of B.C. education professor Paul Shaker, former Education Dean and Professor Emeritus […]
By Jenn on April 5, 2012
The Vancouver School Board is has an article on the public opinion’s effect on the future of public education in Vancouver. Find out more here. Vancouver School Board Sectoral Review: Our Schools, Our Programs, Our Future pdf here.
By Jenn on January 17, 2012
The Vancouver Sun January 16, 2012. 5:47 pm • Section: Report Card, STAFF The B.C. government has appointed Dianne Flood as acting commissioner for teacher regulation until a permanent commissioner can be found. Flood will handle reports about teacher conduct and competence and will decide whether to order investigations. The Education Ministry announced the appointment Monday, saying Flood has extensive […]
By Jenn on January 17, 2012
Use DataBC to search data and make informed decisions, inspire change or develop ideas that will improve government policies. DataBC isn’t just data – it’s access to data that drives our province forward. The data is here for you – to answer questions, to improve decision making or to help build government services that matter […]
By Jenn on January 16, 2012
Vancouver Sun January 11, 2012 Provincewide tests of reading, writing and math will proceed as planned in B.C. elementary schools next week, with principals and vice-principals reluctantly taking on the work that’s usually performed by teachers. The B.C. Principals’ and Vice-Principals’ Association asked government to cancel this year’s Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA), which is administered […]
By Jenn on January 16, 2012
The Vancouver Sun January 2, 2012. 3:01 pm • Section: Report Card, STAFF My picks for the top newsmakers in B.C. education 2011: 1. George Abbott. Re-appointed education minister in March, Abbott received a surprisingly warm reception from all stakeholder groups, including the BCTF. But relations with the union have cooled since then as a result […]
By Jenn on January 10, 2012
BCTF Teacher Newsmagazine: Volume 24, Number 3, November/December 2011 Like lambs to the slaughter: The erosion of the cultured citizen By Sean M. Douglas “I have never let school interfere with my education” wrote Mark Twain as he considered his own understanding of the world; but how long before someone holds a mirror up to public […]
By epederso on May 30, 2011
New York City education officials are developing more than a dozen new standardized tests, but their main purpose will be to grade teachers, not the students who take them. Read the full New York Times article here.