The BC government and the BC Teachers' Federation will be heading back to the Bill27/28 bargaining table as early as next week, thanks to a refusal from the courts to further clarify the April ruling that called the legislation unconstitutional. Read more…

Canada has an "enormous vacuum" at the centre of its national education leadership and should fill it with an intergovernmental council, says a prominent educator. Read more…

At a press conference held at the BC Teachers' Federation's Vancouver headquarters this morning, President Susan Lambert accused the government's bargaining arm of offering a "sub-zero mandate" and being incapable of bargaining with the teachers. Read more…

The BC Teacher's Federation says the Education Ministry's latest offer in class size and composition funding is a "pittance" and a "dreadful, dreadful proposition." Read more…

The B.C. government's bargaining agent says they made no order for districts to cancel early dismissal days. Read more…

The Vancouver School Board may have a cure for the summertime blues -- keeping kids in school. The district is considering implementing a balanced school calendar pilot program in three schools, which would see kids attending school year-round with intermittent breaks, as opposed to a long summer break. Read more…

Premier Christy Clark today announced parts of her Jobs Plan involving increased numbers of international students and improved skills training. Read more…

Arbitrator Marguerite Jackson weighed in once again on the bargaining impasse between the BC Teachers' Federation and the BC Public School Employers' Association, but both sides are declaring Jackson's ruling a victory. Read more…

Much of the blatant racism has subsided, but many stereotypes — such as the notion that all Muslim women are oppressed and all believers in the faith are prone to violence — appear to have become more firmly entrenched in society's consciousness since 9/11, says one observer. Read more…

This month, University of British Columbia librarian Ingrid Parent became president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), an 80-year-old organization that calls itself the "global voice" of the library and information profession. Read more…

Ditching paper bags, juice boxes, plastic cutlery, paper napkins and other non-recyclable items from school lunch boxes is becoming the next trend for parents to digest as another school year approaches. Read more…

The University of British Columbia has decided to opt-out of Access Copyright's proposed tariff on copyrighted materials that generally make up student course packs, to avoid increased fees and restrictions that would begin Sept. 1, 2011. Read more…

Ken Denike, a veteran school trustee, has attacked Vancouver school superintendent Steve Cardwell and VSB chair Patti Bacchus over the hiring of a new communications officer in the superintendent's office. Read more…

MONCTON, N.B. - A child welfare advocate is accusing the federal government of failing First Nations when it comes to education, saying that funding military projects and other initiatives should never come at the expense of a young person's future. Read more…

The representative for children and youth is concerned special needs kids will be affected by a teach-only campaign in the fall, but the teachers' union says the education and well-being of students is their first priority. Read more…

The First Nations Education Steering Committee and the province's representative for children and youth cemented their long-standing working relationship this morning with the signing of a memorandum of understanding on improving education for Aboriginal children and youth in B.C. Read more…

The Province compares teachers on call to Adolf Hitler in an editorial cartoon about the controversial BC College of Teachers. Read more…

The BC Teachers' Federation announced their members are in favour of conducting teach-only job action starting the first day of school in September if there is no progress in collective bargaining with their employers over the summer. Read more…

Teachers across the province can vote until 8 p.m. Tuesday to determine whether or not job action will be taken in September over a collective bargaining divide between their union and the B.C. Public School Employers Association (BCPSEA). Read more…

A teacher at Walnut Grover secondary school is lamenting the loss of a culinary arts program that reaches a wide range of students and provides the school's cafeteria with hot meals. Read more…