IPE BC
@publicedbc.bsky.social
The Institute for Public Education BC is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit organization that provides high-quality information and leadership to build a strong public education system for
British Columbia’s children, families, and communities.
British Columbia’s children, families, and communities.
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An important message to the provincial government. Time to deliver on $10 a day childcare! #bced #bcpoli @publicedbc.bsky.social
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Get to Work
Premier Eby wants BC to "get to work" - but we can only do that if there’s enough affordable child care. Parents and grandparents can't work a full day without quality child care in place. BC’s econom...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
An important message to the provincial government. Time to deliver on $10 a day childcare! #bced #bcpoli @publicedbc.bsky.social
www.10aday.ca/get_to_work
www.10aday.ca/get_to_work
Fun to be sharing the important work of the publicedbc.bsky.social - Institute for Public Education at the BCTLA Teacher-Librarians' Association conference at Gladstone - @bctf.bsky.social #bced.
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fun to be sharing the important work of the publicedbc.bsky.social - Institute for Public Education at the BCTLA Teacher-Librarians' Association conference at Gladstone - @bctf.bsky.social #bced.
It's ready, it's online and it's waiting for you. Check out the latest issue of IPE/BC News.
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#bced #bcpoli #cdned #PublicEdPublicGood
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Newsletters – IPE/BC
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October 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It's ready, it's online and it's waiting for you. Check out the latest issue of IPE/BC News.
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#bced #bcpoli #cdned #PublicEdPublicGood
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#bced #bcpoli #cdned #PublicEdPublicGood
Yes, Alberta's teachers and administrators are on strike to secure needed improvements to learning and teaching conditions but they're also standing up to privatization and the deliberate erosion of the public school system. #bced #cdned #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee
MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.
thetyee.ca
October 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yes, Alberta's teachers and administrators are on strike to secure needed improvements to learning and teaching conditions but they're also standing up to privatization and the deliberate erosion of the public school system. #bced #cdned #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
At IPE/BC, we believe that strengthening public education, rather than fracturing it, is the only way to go. A quality, inclusive, accessible and well-supported public school system is in all of our interest. #PublicEdPublicGood #bced #cdned #bcpoli
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: 'Parental rights' threaten to take public education backwards
These groups claim to speak for parents, but they push a vision of parents’ rights that infringes on the rights and
well-being of students.
edmontonjournal.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
At IPE/BC, we believe that strengthening public education, rather than fracturing it, is the only way to go. A quality, inclusive, accessible and well-supported public school system is in all of our interest. #PublicEdPublicGood #bced #cdned #bcpoli
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National Truth and Reconciliation Day - Honouring the Past, Healing the Present, Inspiring the Future. @publiced.bsky.social #bced #TRC #vancouver
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
National Truth and Reconciliation Day - Honouring the Past, Healing the Present, Inspiring the Future. @publiced.bsky.social #bced #TRC #vancouver
Thanks to IPE/BC Associates Shannon D.M. Moore and
Justin Fraser for shining a light on education privatization in BC. Check out the latest publication in our Occasional Paper Series. #bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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Justin Fraser for shining a light on education privatization in BC. Check out the latest publication in our Occasional Paper Series. #bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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What’s Left of Public Education When the Left Starts to Leave – IPE/BC
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September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Thanks to IPE/BC Associates Shannon D.M. Moore and
Justin Fraser for shining a light on education privatization in BC. Check out the latest publication in our Occasional Paper Series. #bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
instituteforpubliceducation.org/whats-left-o...
Justin Fraser for shining a light on education privatization in BC. Check out the latest publication in our Occasional Paper Series. #bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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We’re worried about the impact of residential school denialism and the rise of racism/white supremacy on the well-being of Indigenous children and youth. All young people deserve to be nurtured at school and respected in their community. #bced #bcpoli
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – IPE/BC
instituteforpubliceducation.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We’re worried about the impact of residential school denialism and the rise of racism/white supremacy on the well-being of Indigenous children and youth. All young people deserve to be nurtured at school and respected in their community. #bced #bcpoli
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Good news! We need more community based teacher education (and EA training) programs. Learning and teaching in community is the way to go. #bced #BCeducation
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
New community-based teacher-education programs will increase First Nations K-12 teachers
The Province, in partnership with the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC) and the Indigenous Adult and Higher Learning Association (IAHLA), is supporting the development of First Nations-led community-based teacher-education programs to address the significant shortage of First Nations teachers in the province.
news.gov.bc.ca
September 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Good news! We need more community based teacher education (and EA training) programs. Learning and teaching in community is the way to go. #bced #BCeducation
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
There is more to do to help kids have access to healthy food at school – let’s do it together. Please join the webinar on Sept 25.
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#bced @bcsta.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social
@chsfcanada.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social @civicgovernance.bsky.social
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#bced @bcsta.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social
@chsfcanada.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social @civicgovernance.bsky.social
Healthy school food; Let’s do it together – IPE/BC
instituteforpubliceducation.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
There is more to do to help kids have access to healthy food at school – let’s do it together. Please join the webinar on Sept 25.
instituteforpubliceducation.org/healthy-scho...
#bced @bcsta.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social
@chsfcanada.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social @civicgovernance.bsky.social
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#bced @bcsta.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social
@chsfcanada.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social @civicgovernance.bsky.social
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👎🏾Too many private sessions where the public is not welcome and cannot participate
👎🏾Reduced time for the public or stakeholder groups to comment at meetings
👎🏾Removal of the “personnel committee”, which was the only meeting dedicated to discussing the issues affecting staff
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👎🏾Reduced time for the public or stakeholder groups to comment at meetings
👎🏾Removal of the “personnel committee”, which was the only meeting dedicated to discussing the issues affecting staff
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September 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
👎🏾Too many private sessions where the public is not welcome and cannot participate
👎🏾Reduced time for the public or stakeholder groups to comment at meetings
👎🏾Removal of the “personnel committee”, which was the only meeting dedicated to discussing the issues affecting staff
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👎🏾Reduced time for the public or stakeholder groups to comment at meetings
👎🏾Removal of the “personnel committee”, which was the only meeting dedicated to discussing the issues affecting staff
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👎🏾A complicated process to sign up to speak at meetings
👎🏾Members of the public being discouraged from from speaking on the public record at meetings
Join us and hold your school board accountable! Kids, families, teachers, support staff, building service workers, and more deserve our support!
👎🏾Members of the public being discouraged from from speaking on the public record at meetings
Join us and hold your school board accountable! Kids, families, teachers, support staff, building service workers, and more deserve our support!
September 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
👎🏾A complicated process to sign up to speak at meetings
👎🏾Members of the public being discouraged from from speaking on the public record at meetings
Join us and hold your school board accountable! Kids, families, teachers, support staff, building service workers, and more deserve our support!
👎🏾Members of the public being discouraged from from speaking on the public record at meetings
Join us and hold your school board accountable! Kids, families, teachers, support staff, building service workers, and more deserve our support!
ABC back room decision making doesn’t stop at City Council.
My motion to restore democracy and transparency at the Vancouver School Board is an attempt to address this.
This motion tries to address the following problems that I, alongside unions, believe are an obstacle to good governance:
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My motion to restore democracy and transparency at the Vancouver School Board is an attempt to address this.
This motion tries to address the following problems that I, alongside unions, believe are an obstacle to good governance:
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September 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Appreciate the opportunity to give input into BC Budget 2026 through the SSCFGS. Comments by the Institute for Public Education (IPEBC) are referenced several times in the report. Now government needs to act on our recommendations. #bced #bcpoli
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August 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Appreciate the opportunity to give input into BC Budget 2026 through the SSCFGS. Comments by the Institute for Public Education (IPEBC) are referenced several times in the report. Now government needs to act on our recommendations. #bced #bcpoli
www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentar...
www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentar...
Important read. Thank you Anna Geeroms for sharing your story. InclusionBC #bced #bcpoli #inclusion
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Not enough funding has cost me everything – IPE/BC
instituteforpubliceducation.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Important read. Thank you Anna Geeroms for sharing your story. InclusionBC #bced #bcpoli #inclusion
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What happens when the funding falls far short of the promise of inclusion? Find out in our latest blog post:
"Not enough funding has cost me everything. Why BC's inclusion model is failing and how to fix it."
#bced #bcpoli #cdned #PublicEdPublicGood
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"Not enough funding has cost me everything. Why BC's inclusion model is failing and how to fix it."
#bced #bcpoli #cdned #PublicEdPublicGood
instituteforpubliceducation.org/not-enough-f...
August 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What happens when the funding falls far short of the promise of inclusion? Find out in our latest blog post:
"Not enough funding has cost me everything. Why BC's inclusion model is failing and how to fix it."
#bced #bcpoli #cdned #PublicEdPublicGood
instituteforpubliceducation.org/not-enough-f...
"Not enough funding has cost me everything. Why BC's inclusion model is failing and how to fix it."
#bced #bcpoli #cdned #PublicEdPublicGood
instituteforpubliceducation.org/not-enough-f...
Parents, support staff, teachers, administrators, trustees and students have valuable insights on the impact of chronic education underfunding to share. When their reality is denied, it can feel like gaslighting.
#bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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#bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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Denying the reality of education underfunding – IPE/BC
instituteforpubliceducation.org
August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Parents, support staff, teachers, administrators, trustees and students have valuable insights on the impact of chronic education underfunding to share. When their reality is denied, it can feel like gaslighting.
#bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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#bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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School Trustees not alone in sounding the alarm: www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05... @bcsta.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social #bced #bcpoli
Is BC’s Education Underfunded and at a ‘Tipping Point’? | The Tyee
Yes, according to the BC School Trustees Association. They’re sounding the alarm.
www.thetyee.ca
May 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
School Trustees not alone in sounding the alarm: www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05... @bcsta.bsky.social @bctf.bsky.social @cupebc.bsky.social #bced #bcpoli
Is BC's Education Underfunded and at a 'Tipping Point'? via @thetyee.ca www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
Is BC’s Education Underfunded and at a ‘Tipping Point’? | The Tyee
Yes, according to the BC School Trustees Association. They’re sounding the alarm.
www.thetyee.ca
May 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Is BC's Education Underfunded and at a 'Tipping Point'? via @thetyee.ca www.thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
Too often music education programs are treated as extras and fall victim to budget cuts. Our latest blog post addresses the many benefits of these programs and why our public schools need them. #bced #cdned #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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May 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Too often music education programs are treated as extras and fall victim to budget cuts. Our latest blog post addresses the many benefits of these programs and why our public schools need them. #bced #cdned #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
instituteforpubliceducation.org/public-schoo...
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Wake up call re public school underfunding: vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/14/bc-… Good to see the @bcsta.bsky.social advocating for greater public education funding#bcede#bcpolili
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/14/bc-…
May 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Wake up call re public school underfunding: vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/05/14/bc-… Good to see the @bcsta.bsky.social advocating for greater public education funding#bcede#bcpolili
As school districts grapple with setting budgets, many are dealing with yet another round of cuts. We join with parents/caregivers, students, staff and school communities in calling on gvt. to address the funding gap. #bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
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instituteforpubliceducation.org/calling-on-g...
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
As school districts grapple with setting budgets, many are dealing with yet another round of cuts. We join with parents/caregivers, students, staff and school communities in calling on gvt. to address the funding gap. #bced #bcpoli #PublicEdPublicGood
instituteforpubliceducation.org/calling-on-g...
instituteforpubliceducation.org/calling-on-g...
We're heartbroken by the horrific incident in Vancouver last night. We know that families, loved ones, friends, and the Filipino community as a whole are dealing with agonizing shock and deep sorrow.
We send our deepest condolences,
IPE/BC
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We send our deepest condolences,
IPE/BC
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Our heartfelt sympathy to all those affected by the horrific tragedy at Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver – IPE/BC
instituteforpubliceducation.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
We're heartbroken by the horrific incident in Vancouver last night. We know that families, loved ones, friends, and the Filipino community as a whole are dealing with agonizing shock and deep sorrow.
We send our deepest condolences,
IPE/BC
instituteforpubliceducation.org/our-heartfel...
We send our deepest condolences,
IPE/BC
instituteforpubliceducation.org/our-heartfel...