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If the political will is there, the money is too to settle teachers’ dispute
I’ve submitted the following Letter to the Editor to the Vancouver Sun. Hoping they publish it in the next couple days: Enough with the pleas…
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BC government using affordability excuses to underfund education and health
Affordability is becoming the new buzzword of the BC government. In the dispute with teachers, for example, the Minister of Education has repeatedly argued demands…
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How to fund improvements in class-size and composition: a matter of political will
If a compromise is to be reached in the current bargaining between teachers and the government, the long-standing issue of improving class-size and composition must…
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Frameworks and photo-ops
About a year-and-a-half ago, BC teachers and their employers approved a landmark framework agreement for their upcoming round of contract negotiations. In the wake of…
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What the UBC rape chant scandal says about women in the Canadian economy
The news of UBC Sauder Business School students chanting about rape of underage girls during a FROSH week event has generated much outrage. As it…
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Are we undermining our schools by not investing enough in education?
This year’s back-to-school media coverage featured surprisingly little analysis on how our schools are doing. Not to say that articles about innovative approaches to help…
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Time to Rethink The Way We Fund Higher Education
This September, like every year, a new group of high school graduates headed to college or university to pursue higher education. But today’s generation of…
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Cost of Learning Growing Faster than Incomes
A new report by the CCPA, Eduflation and the High Cost of Learning, shows that average university tuition bill in Canada has grown three times…
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Seven reasons why you should support a move to low tuition fees for higher education
Much of the media coverage of the Quebec student protests has dismissed the protestors as cranky middle and upper-middle class children trying to protect their…
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Christy Clark, George Abbott – meet Jeffrey Moore
There’s a freight train heading for BC’s education system — and it’s not being driven by government or teachers. This train hit the tracks long…
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Why incentive pay won’t fix education or health care
It turns out — surprise! — that it’s really hard to measure quality in complex social systems and that employing simplistic quantitative measures can backfire.…
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On tough times and priorities
The BC government cannot afford $130,000 for the budget of BC School Sports, a volunteer organization which organizes sporting events for students. This is likely…
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