Update: Deadline extended till August 15! There is still time to express your thoughts.ARPA Canada learned today that the BC Early Childhood Learning Agency is conducting a consultation to hear public input on whether kindergarten should be expanded to full-days for 5 year-olds and eventually also include 3 and 4 year olds by 2012. In a letter to the agency, we voiced our concerns about the increasing grasp of the government into what should be a parental responsibility. "We are convinced that not only do parents know best what...
The BC Parents and Teachers for Life now have a petition available on their website to respond to developments in BC's education system which have given unprecedented authority to a homosexual couple to change the province's education curriculum. The petition reads as follows: We, the undersigned petitioners respectfully request that the Honourable House enact legislation to reassert that parents have the prime responsibility for the education of their children and to allow all citizens to have rights to review changes affecting what is taught in the schools, with no special...
Allison Cross, Vancouver Sun - June 22, 2008VANCOUVER - The Vancouver board of education says it plans to enforce a ministry policy that prevents parents from pulling students out of classes that deal with alternative sexuality. A recent staff recommendation from the Vancouver board of education says parents can pull their children out of sensitive lessons in health classes because of religious or family beliefs, but can't opt their children out of gay-friendly lessons in any other classes.Read the rest of the article here. ...