The Gore Global Warming controversies re: truth or otherwise of his film, books, speeches, etc. has at least exposed a lot more food for thought. To me, the most important outcome so far has been the revealing of the existence of anti-indoctrination legislation in the English School Act, 1996. How many of our School Acts […]
Archive for October, 2007
“Indoctrination” Laws and Guidelines for Schools
Published by October 13th, 2007 in Blog and Education Reform. 2 CommentsResistance to Meaningful Parent Involvement
Published by October 19th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools and The Literature. 1 CommentWhy is there Resistance to Meaningful Parent Involvement?
“There are many compelling reasons for schools and districts to pay more than lip service to parental involvement,” said reporter, Katherine Wagner, in her column School Watch in the Maple Ridge and Pitt meadows Times, August 31, 2007.
Her article, entitled “PAC is more than just fundraising” (PAC: Parent […]
Family and Education Report (1987) - Part 1
Published by October 19th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 CommentsAt the Conference on the Family (BC, Canada) 1976, considerable attention was focused on the alienating effect public schools were felt to have on families and the potential (but often unused) power they had to help strengthen family competencies.
The Family and Education Committee was struck to examine these concerns and issues and make recommendations. Following is […]
Family and Education Report (1987) –Part 2
Published by October 20th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 Comments
A workshop on Education and the Family found delegates again expressing “frustration with the state of parent-school relations in many of their schools”.
Continuing to post the 1987 Report on Family and Education (See Part 1, 19 Oct/07)…
The 1979 Annual General Meeting of the BC Council for the Family held five workshops for its members, one […]
Family and Education Report (1987) – Part 3
Published by October 20th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 Comments
In 1984, The BC Council on the Family was again called to action on education. A concern surfaced about home-school relations when a brief was circulated among board members which expressed the long-standing concerns of an ex-school trustee of 13 years. The brief was sent to the Council because of its declared support for the institution of […]
Family and Education Report (1987)– Part 4
Published by October 21st, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 Comments
The Family and Education Committee was established by the BC Council for the Family in the Spring of 1985. On August 26th the President of the BCCF wrote to the Minister of Education requesting assistance with respect to gaining information and materials for examination. The letter emphasized the following:
- the Council’s concern that many problems of […]