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Patti Bacchus: Planning for an indefinite spring break

Most B.C. schools will be closing for a two-week spring break this week, but it’s time to think and plan for what happens after that.

Patti Bacchus: North Van parents opposed to elite school hockey program

Unfortunately, this program move couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start (or on the wrong skate), due to how poorly the trustees and their senior managers have introduced it to...

Patti Bacchus: The solutions to the VSB’s kindergarten space crunch

In what has become a frustrating rite of late winter in Vancouver, hundreds of young families got a rude introduction to the school system last week with news that their kids won’...

Patti Bacchus: VSB mini schools have a major problem

Why are we making kids compete for opportunities, and creating winners and losers?

Patti Bacchus: School trustees need to listen to parents

If locally elected school boards can't or don't do the job they're elected to do, they might disappear.

Patti Bacchus: How to tame your school trustee

Here’s how you can shut those darned elected trustees up.

Patti Bacchus: BCTF still hopes for deal as it prepares for the worst

The BCTF appears to be ready to accept government’s bargaining mandate of a two percent per year wage increase over three years.

Patti Bacchus: Should high school start later?

Experts say teens should get at least nine hours of sleep each night, but only a small fraction of them do on “school nights”. Biological changes shift adolescent sleep cycles...

Patti Bacchus: Are we paying B.C. school superintendents too much?

How much is too much when it comes to paying public-school superintendents?

Patti Bacchus: Checking in on 21st century learning

B.C.’s education system has much room for improvement, but it’s better than most.