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By Jenn on March 14, 2012
VANCOUVER SUN MARCH 13, 2012 The University of B.C. says it might use Grade 11 transcripts this year in assessing B.C. applicants who do not have a Grade 12 report card due to teacher job action. But it’s reassuring students who didn’t do as well last year as this year that Grade 11 marks will not […]
By Jenn on March 12, 2012
Bill 22 would give some teachers in primary grades $2,500 per student VANCOUVER — Public-school teachers are being promised financial compensation next year if they have extra-large classes. A controversial bill now working its way through the legislature would give Grades 4-7 teachers an extra $2,500 a year for every student beyond 30 in their […]
By Jenn on March 9, 2012
By Joel Bakan, Special to the Sun March 5, 2012 The B.C. Liberal government is poised, once again, to violate the legal rights of workers, this time with Bill 22, which, if it becomes law, will prohibit teachers from striking and limit their collective bargaining rights. In 2007, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that […]
By Jenn on March 8, 2012
Union won’t discuss what happens after break By Janet Steffenhagen with Jonathan Fowlie, Vancouver Sun March 8, 2012 5:00 AM Public school teachers were expected to end their strike and return to their classrooms today, where they will continue the limited job action they began in September and consider future protests against a government bill now […]
By Jenn on March 7, 2012
Facts about the contract feud between the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA), backed by the Liberal government: Salary proposal: The BCTF wants a 15-per-cent wage hike over three years; the BCPSEA and government say teachers, like other provincial government employees, are bound by the net-zero mandate, which means […]
By Jenn on March 6, 2012
Teachers were planning to distribute leaflets outside B.C. public schools Monday morning at the start of what is likely to be a three-day strike. Because picketing is not legally permitted in this job action, schools were expected to remain open, with principals, vice-principals and support staff on the job. But almost all districts have cancelled […]
By Jenn on March 1, 2012
VANCOUVER – B.C.’s teachers will strike Monday, B.C. Teachers’ Federation president Susan Lambert says. Lambert said Thursday morning the province’s 41,000 teachers “will withdraw their services” for three days, beginning Monday. “We have a legal right strike for three days,” Lambert told reporters gathered at BCTF offices in Vancouver. “That’s our intention.” If the provincial […]
By Jenn on February 27, 2012
Education Minister George Abbott has asked his staff to work through the weekend to prepare back-to-work legislation aimed at ending a labour dispute with B.C. teachers. Abbott made the announcement Thursday after a senior official in the Labour Ministry concluded a negotiated deal was “very unlikely.” “I am satisfied now that for the days, weeks […]
By Jenn on February 21, 2012
Creating a National Reading Strategy for Canada: About the National Reading Campaign The National Reading Campaign is about creating a reading strategy for Canada. It is about engaging Canadians in exploring what a Canadian reading plan would look like, and what we would expect the key outcomes to be. In short, it is a campaign […]
By Jenn on February 17, 2012
We’ve heard before that Vancouver school district is considering year-round schooling, but still I was surprised by the lead paragraph in a story today in the Globe and Mail. “Vancouver students may soon have to say goodbye to their two-month summer vacation. Over the next five years, the Vancouver School Board’s superintendent of schools, Steve Cardwell, plans to move […]