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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 10, 2012
Read the latest education news and opinions from the Vancouver Sun Education blog, The Report Card, by Janet Steffenhagen here. Here is an opinion from the one of the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association Trustee Directors on Bill 22 and its effect on BC education here. © The Vancouver Sun
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 April 4, 2012
The Ministry of Education has put money saved during the BC teacher’s strike towards a learning fund. Read the full Tyee “The Hook” blog here. Written by Katie Hyslop April 2, 2012 02:45 pm. “Katie Hyslop reports on education and youth-issues for the Tyee Solutions Society“. © The Tyee News
By Jenn on March 27, 2012
Years of failed negotiations offer government solutions, say former union leaders. If you need proof that history repeats itself, look no further than the contract negotiations between the provincial government and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. Since the New Democratic Party government pushed bargaining from the local to provincial level in 1995, there’s only been one successfully negotiated […]
By Jenn on March 26, 2012
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation has warned the Liberal government to radically change its approach to public education or face more protests by teachers, including the possibility of a provincewide shutdown of public schools. “Our members are angry,” union president Susan Lambert told a news conference a day after she was re-elected to head the organization […]
By Jenn on March 23, 2012
It is easy to talk about what could be, what should be and what other people could do. Instead, I would like to share what I have done, and what we are trying to do, as we engage in and embrace this learning evolution. I began my career trying to emulate the teachers I remembered most, and through the […]
By Jenn on March 21, 2012
The BC Teachers’ Federation executive committee elections this morning saw incumbent President Susan Lambert keep her position, beating out challenger Rick Guenther by 429 votes to 238. Lambert, a teacher librarian who began her teaching career in Prince Rupert in the early 1970s, has been president of the teachers’ union since 2010. Lambert ran as […]
By Jenn on March 19, 2012
By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun March 12, 2012 VICTORIA – As the legislature entered the sixth day of debate on Bill 22, the B.C. Liberals wielded their legislative majority to cut off debate on one of the most controversial aspects of the legislation, the form of mediation that will be used in the teachers’ contract dispute. […]
By Jenn on March 16, 2012
The legislature gave final approval Thursday to the controversial Bill 22 and it will become law Saturday. That’s the same day teacher activists from around the province will gather in Vancouver for the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) annual general meeting at the Hyatt Regency. The main business at this year’s meeting will be crafting a response to Bill 22 that will […]