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The Must Read on BC Schools You Won’t Like
UVic historian of education paints a bleak political picture, and blames all sides. By Crawford Kilian, 3 Jan 2012, TheTyee.ca Title: Worlds Apart: British Columbia Schools, Politics, and Labour Relations Before and After 1972 Author: Thomas Fleming Published by Bendall Books (2011) Just about everyone with an interest in B.C. schools will have to read this […]
The challenges of success: dramatic growth of open access early year-end edition
Universal access to all knowledge will be one of humanity’s greatest achievements. We are already well on the way! from Stewart Brand’s: Brewster Kahle’s 30 November Long Now Talk For fun and inspiration, check out the Internet Archive for the more than 3 million books (adding 1,000 titles per day), 100,000 concerts and 1 million recordings (3 new […]
Group kids by ability not age at school, public says: Government petitions ideas to remodel education system
B.C. schools should group students by ability rather than age, promote personalized learning but not at the expense of basic skills, eliminate standardized tests and provide more frequent reports to parents about student progress. Those are among the ideas submitted to the Education Ministry after it made a public appeal for suggestions about how to […]
What Would You Like to Change About B.C. Education?
The B.C. government wants to hear your views about what needs to change in public schools to better prepare students for the 21st century. It has created a website at bcedplan.ca and has been posting questions. You can join the conversation here. A few days ago, the moderators posted a summary of what they had heard […]
More funding for B.C. K-12 students
2011EDUC0098-001601Dec. 9, 2011 VICTORIA – Overall school district operating grants and average per-pupil funding have increased again this year as B.C. continues to provide record funding levels for K-12 education. Operating Funding · Total operating funding to school districts in 2011-12 is $4.721 billion, a $58-million increase over 2010-11.· Average per-pupil funding as of the […]
Re-conceptualizing the classroom: New approaches to learning aided by technology will change how we deliver education
At the end of October, flanked by a group of student high school representatives, Education Minister George Abbott announced the launch of B.C.’s Education Plan, a new blueprint to overhaul the province’s K-12 school system. The new plan, the minister said, will transform the education system to be more flexible, emphasize personalized learning and increase […]
Schools of the Future, Today
For over a year the Ministry of Education has been hinting at a change in direction for the province’s education system. It all started in mid-2010 with murmurings about “21st Century” or “child-centred” education, with little to no explanation of what that meant, leaving educators, trustees, and parents to banter about ideas on blogs, listserves, […]
Canadian Association of University Teachers launches campaign to Save Library and Archives Canada
(OTTAWA: November 2, 2011) – The Canadian Association of University Teachers today unveiled a national campaign to protect Library and Archives Canada (LAC). The “Save Library and Archives Canada” is being launched by CAUT in response to funding cuts and internal managerial decisions that are threatening the quality and integrity of Canada’s only national public library […]