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We want to keep growing, but we need your support to do it. Do you value independent journalism that focuses on the issues that matter? Do you think Canada needs more in-depth, fact-based reporting? So do we. The Tyee is an independent, paywall-free, reader-funded publication. Over 5, Tyee readers chip in to fund our newsroom on a monthly basis, and that supports our rockstar team of dedicated journalists. Whether you agree with their policies or not, the BC Liberal government has quite a legacy in this province's public education system.
They began reshaping the province's public education system in their first year in office with dramatic reforms to the way teachers collectively bargain -- changes later ruled unconstitutional by B.
They didn't slow down: signing two out of three bargained collective agreements with the province's teachers, opening more Strong Start Centres, signing 53 Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreements, and adopting all-day kindergarten province-wide. Whoever forms the next government will control a distinctively Liberal public education system.
But not all of government's initiatives have stuck. Some programs and policies, heralded as the next big thing in public education, came in like lions but out like lambs -- or simply disappeared altogether.
Millions of dollars were spent on them, committees were formed, and countless hours were lost to meetings. But in the end all we are left with is a question: Was it time and money well spent? In then-education minister Christy Clark introduced the School Amendment Act, which, among other things, allowed school districts to open their own private, for-profit businesses to bring in additional revenue.
Known as School District Business Companies, at least 14 school districts started their own businesses to sell educational materials, manage their international student programs, or partner with offshore schools. According to the B. Teachers' Federation BCTF , the ministry said districts had been asking for business companies for a long time: "Boards will now be permitted to create entities through which they can provide consulting services, educational or administrative expertise or international education.
Other amendments ease financial restrictions that have tied the hands of school boards, and will allow them to share administrative services with other boards, municipalities or corporate entities," reads a quote from a ministry press release. But by , 14 school district companies had dwindled to six, and today only three business companies remain: New Westminster, Delta and Abbotsford.
A review of school district business companies noted how difficult it was for the companies to find capital since the districts were not allowed to spend district operating funds on their businesses. That was the main reason the Surrey School District dissolved their business company in after six years. One of those hoops was any money made from attracting international students went to the district, not the business company.
It was almost like it was all competing for the same clientele," he said. The ministry declined to comment on business companies, citing the ongoing provincial election campaign. She added that student photos are in the system, which makes it easier for substitute teachers and others to identify students.
The Ministry of Education is also able, in real time, to find out what trends are developing in areas ranging from allergies to native language.
The government can then allot more money to English as a second language ESL training in targeted areas or adopt safety-training sessions to protect students from likely dangers.
It can also track exam results across the province and across years to identify poor performance early and take steps to improve learning.
I advise teachers to log in at a. Then, they should have no problems. View comments. By Glen Korstrom September 5, , pm. System failures The biggest problem with BCESIS, according to critics, is that data for all school districts is stored on centralized servers in Vancouver. Teachers fear that the situation will be as bad, if not worse, this year.
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