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Funding inclusion: how the Ministry forces BC school districts to butcher budgets
BC school boards create a zero sum game, drawing inclusion funding from operating costs, pitting parents against each other to fight for funds.
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BC school districts spend millions fighting families instead of educating children
When parents hire lawyers to enforce their children’s right to education, people say they’re “taking money from the classroom.” But when districts spend millions on legal fees fighting those same…
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We don’t want to be doing this
I hear it constantly from other parents: “I don’t know how you do it—I could never fight the school like that.” Sometimes it comes wrapped in admiration, sometimes in uncomfortable recognition that…
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BC schools are designed to fail disabled kids—and make you blame them for it
The playground closes. Your kid loses recess. The field trip gets cancelled. And the school says it’s because one child’s behaviour made it “unsafe for everyone.” Sound familiar? Here’s what…
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BC teacher negotiations: what parents need to know
Negotiations between BC’s 52,000 public school teachers and the provincial government reached an impasse in mid-January 2026, stalling over classroom conditions, workload pressures, and the resources required to meet student…
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Why are disabled children still being excluded from BC public schools?
The BC NDP inherited a crisis and chose to manage its appearance rather than confront its scale For eight years, the BC NDP has governed this province promising investments in…
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FAQ on school exclusion economics
Why are disabled children still being excluded from BC public schools after 8 years of NDP government? The BC NDP inherited a profoundly broken system from 16 years of BC…
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Reframing the crisis: a summary of Parker’s critique of neoliberalism in education
In her 2022 article for Critical Education, Parker examines the deep entanglement between neoliberal economic ideology and the governance of public education in Canada. She argues that this ideological framework, which…
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BC schools: the highway to prison and suicide
This is not a pipeline. It is a conveyor belt greased with neglect. Children are vanishing from classrooms and showing up in courtrooms because of what they learned at school.…
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Why the benefits of split-grade classrooms collapse under austerity
Differentiated instruction, student-centred pacing, and inclusive classroom strategies are frequently celebrated as hallmarks of modern pedagogy. In their 2022 article for Academic Matters, UBC faculty Siobhán McPhee and Michael Jerowsky describe…
