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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…
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When budget decisions shape classroom design, pedagogy becomes a casualty
While proponents of blended classrooms may cite research suggesting positive academic or social outcomes, we must ask—positive for whom, and at what cost? The data may reflect aggregate gains, but…
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Public school districts often claim they are woefully underfunded while simultaneously sitting on enormous real estate portfolios.
For example, the Vancouver School Board (VSB) owns 223 properties assessed at over $9.5 billion, including not only school buildings but also apartments, a shopping mall, daycare sites, and more reddit.com. Yet the…
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Reversing the decline of inclusion in BC’s schools
In earlier years, BC school districts made earnest efforts to improve accessibility and inclusion for students with disabilities. However, as funding pressures mounted, many districts began viewing supports and accommodations…
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Scope of budget cuts USA vs BC
There are many ways to dismantle public education. Some leaders do it slowly, through attrition and austerity, with spreadsheets that flatten need into numbers. Others do it suddenly, with executive…
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From Trump’s education cuts to BC’s funding shifts: a comparative analysis
When a government says it wants to make education more efficient, it rarely means more just. The language of improvement—streamlining, restoring greatness, rebalancing budgets—is often the first sign that something…