BC School Funding

• B.C. adds funds to school expansion in Surrey, moving students out of portables

  The provincial government has announced $9.6 million for work on expanding Sullivan Elementary.

  Education

  Apr 18, 2019
  
• Should ‘elite’ private schools get public cash? Vancouver school trustee wants funding cut

  "Our tax dollars should be going towards things that are a public good for everybody to have access to," says Trustee Carrie Bercic.

  Education

  Apr 13, 2018
  
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• BC Teachers’ Federation ‘hopeful’ about new NDP government

  "I'm hopeful that over the summer there could be a course correction."

  Education

  Jul 19, 2017
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• Vancouver School Board to get $22M less in class size and composition money than expected

  The Vancouver School District says it is getting about $22-million less than it was promised to hire new teachers and bring down class sizes.

  Education

  Jun 28, 2017
• B.C. Liberals’ education spending claim is misleading, says critic

  A new report by a Vancouver-based think tank is throwing cold water on the B.C. Liberal government's claim that education funding is at record levels.

  Education

  Aug 25, 2016