“Post-public” School System For BC?

“Ominous” is a mild term for the future this article foreshadows. 

Those who are weary and wary of the BC school scene should read this book: WORLDS APART: British Columbia Schools, Politics, and Labour Relations, Before and After 1972, (2011), Deep Cove Books, http://www.deepcovebooks.ca/page3.html

Dr Thomas Fleming chronicles how the teacher union, BCTF, battles the government in power, regardless of “stripe” — NDP, Liberal, Socred.  Since the early 70s the union's stance was that “schools should be used as instruments of social change”. (p76). 

- - “ . . . will government and the teachers’ federation finally find ways to behave in a civilized manner, or will the discord of recent decades finally weaken support for old organizational relationships to the point that a new 'post-public' universe of schooling  will emerge?" (p134)

Time to set families free to seek education sources for their children unspoiled by partisan bickering!