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=From the Globe & Mail = Consequently, the professor told me, the public school system in B.C. is increasingly irrelevant to its K-12 users. The teachers’ union resists any change that doesn’t benefit its members while government shies away from making the kind of structural and curriculum moves that should have been made years ago because it doesn’t want a fight with the BCTF.

“It is in almost every respect a system built for another age,” Dr. Fleming writes. “As it now stands [it] is fractured at its core and directionless.”

He says the three institutional pillars of the system – the union, the government and the school trustees – are anti-visionary, anti-technological and completely committed to the status quo.

“In B.C. school wars, the pupils are the losers” GARY MASON Last updated Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 10:41PM EDT

=What do you think about 'the plan'? = (Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE7DLIAd3UY&feature=player_embedded and watch the first 2 minutes of 'the plan') ____  Summary: All flash no substance.
 * *@#$& (This used to be a swear word)
 * Hypocritical - individualized learning within a framework of standardized testing?
 * Where is the support for the plan?
 * How do you come up with a new education plan when you are currently in negotiations with teachers?
 * Too little too late
 * Video implies that a lot of emphasis is being put into education but where is the financial support? Put your money where your mouth is.
 * 'Better NEW' teachers
 * Students have always been the center of learning... how is this new?
 * Where is the consultation and collaboration with teachers?
 * Top down initiative - Sir Ken Robinson's vision of teaching!!
 * who did the government contract to make the video?
 * how much did it cost?
 * no details listed
 * where's the implementation plan and commitment to professional development?
 * how do kids know what they need to learn?
 * a participation gap amongst students
 * now what? Incredibly vague statements with no specific plan
 * who is this video mostly going to be viewed by?