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Teachers' Politics Allowed In Schools: Court

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.21.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's teachers are free to express their political opinions through buttons and posters in schools after a B.C. Appeal Court ...

Back To The Bargaining Table With You

CBC | Posted 05.17.2013 | Canada British Columbia

B.C. teachers and the province return to the bargaining table in just over a week to attempt to hammer out a new contract. The two parties...

B.C. School Officials Getting Raises Without Reviews

Jordan Bateman | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

School trustees and superintendents may bristle at the suggestion that top education staffers don't deserve pay increases. But how can they defend that position when they fail to evaluate their top employees every year?

'Christy's Goose Is Cooked'

CP | Rebekah Funk, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The outgoing leader of B.C.’s teachers federation appeared to delight in the prospect of the province's scandal plagued government soon ...

Parents Need To Speak Up About How Kids Are Being Taught

Kerry Sauriol | Posted 04.06.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Kerry Sauriol

There is absolutely no point in agreeing or disagreeing with the premier or the B.C. Teachers' Federation if we the parents don't speak up and have a voice in how our children are being taught in the 21st century. Our school has a large computer centre with its own teacher. I have NO clue what is taught there. The kids bring home printouts about "online safety," but I don't think these courses actually mention things like Facebook or Twitter.

HOW LONG Is This Teachers' Contract?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government will outline a strategy today of how it will move toward a 10-year contract with the province's teachers and possibly ...

B.C. Independent School Growth Should Be Studied, Not Attacked

Jordan Bateman | Posted 11.10.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Jordan Bateman

If the business across the street from yours, with fewer resources and higher prices, had increased its share of customers every year for 35 years, wouldn't you be curious why? Wouldn't that interest intensify if your own customer base had shrunk in 24 of those 35 years? This is the situation B.C.'s schools find themselves in.

It's not Like You Get Better Service

Jordan Bateman | Posted 06.12.2012 | Canada
Jordan Bateman

Is the lifeguard at the municipal pool really worth twice the pay of the lifeguard at the nearby privately-owned waterslides? The vast majority of B.C. taxpayers say no. Yet, we see this inequality constantly play out throughout the government. Why are taxpayers overpaying for government labour?

B.C. Teachers To Strike Monday

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.30.2012 | Canada Business

VANCOUVER - Public school teachers in British Columbia voted in favour of escalating job action late Wednesday night, bringing the possibility of the ...