NEW WESTMINSTER – The B.C.Liberals’ failure to get children back into classrooms is disproportionately hurting families of children with special needs, say B.C.’s New Democrats. “The B.C. Liberals’ failure to get a deal with teachers means students with special needs …
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VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberals have no interest in getting kids back into classrooms and bringing stability back to our schools by September, say the New Democrats. “With five weeks left to end the disruption in the lives of B.C. …
B.C. Liberals must commit to returning school shut-down “savings” to public education
VANCOUVER – The New Democrats are calling on the B.C. Liberal government to commit to putting the $178 million “saved” during the school shut down back into the public education system. “The B.C. Liberals’ failure to get a deal with …
B.C. Liberals reward top staffers with pay increases far beyond the settlement “zone”
VICTORIA – While the B.C. Liberal government tells teachers there is no more money, they are more than happy to hand out hefty pay raises to their top political staff far beyond what they characterize as the settlement “zone”, say …
B.C. Liberals fail to end lockout-strike by their own deadline
VICTORIA— After presiding over an unprecedented loss of two weeks of schooling for more than half a million students across the province, the B.C. Liberals have failed to meet their own June 30 deadline for ending their feud with B.C. …
Statement from B.C. New Democrats on state of teacher negotiations
VICTORIA – New Democrat leader John Horgan and education critic Rob Fleming released the following statement in response to news that a deal between the province’s teachers and the B.C. Liberal government was not reached over the weekend: “For 12 …
VIDEO: B.C. Liberals should negotiate, not pick fights with teachers
New Democrat education critic Rob Fleming speaks to a rally in support of public education outside the education ministry’s office in Victoria on June 10, 2014.
Op-ed: B.C. Liberals’ political games with public education put kids last
By Rob Fleming, New Democrat education critic In 2002, thousands of kids across this province started Grade 1. In that year, then-education minister Christy Clark passed a law that would lead to larger class sizes and less support for students …
Clark’s meddling and provocation have caused B.C. school chaos
A generation of meddling and provocation by Christy Clark has led to the chaos British Columbians are seeing in their classrooms today, say the New Democrats. “When the current crop of high school graduates was just entering elementary school, the …
B.C. Liberal education cuts force school boards to eliminate student programs and teaching jobs
VICTORIA- Just as B.C.’s school enrolment is set to grow over the next three years, the B.C. Liberals’ flat-lined education budget is forcing school districts to consider the elimination of at least 350 teaching and support staff jobs, as well …