public education

September 9, 2014 6:00AM

Independent schools offer BC parents shelter from labour strife

As BC parents and students struggle with the teachers’ strike and prospects of a significantly delayed school year, it’s worth understanding how and why one-in-eight students (and their parents) in the province is unaffected by the strike.

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independent schools, bc teachers' strike, school choice, education, educational choice, bc education system, british columbia, per-pupil government operating grants, operating grants, tuition fees, public education, wait lists for independent schools

August 2, 2014 6:00AM

Public education dollars need not be restricted to public education monopoly

Mark Milke, Deani Van Pelt

In a liberal democracy, where critical thinking is often touted as an end goal in education, it was disappointing to read Calgary MLA Kent Hehr’s attack on parental choice in education (“Private schools divide pupils by wealth and religion,” July 26).

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public education, education spending, private education, private schools, school choice in canada, educational choice, Kent Hehr, canadian education system, programme for international stduent assessment, teachers' pension plan in alberta

February 27, 2014 2:00AM