Society demands choice in toothpaste, clothing, cars and restaurants — shouldn’t it allow choice in education as well? “That, in fact, is one of the core principles behind FISA“, says Doug Lauson – a former teacher, principal and Superintendent for Read More …
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Distributed Learning (DL) programs allow students to work at their own pace
Most parents have heard of home-schooling. But not everyone has heard of DL schooling — a hybrid style that joins home-based learning with support from — and accountability to —a traditional school. DL — which stands for “Distributed Learning” — Read More …
‘If these students were back in the system it would be a much heavier tax burden’
Jim Christopher recently met with the parents of a Grade 2 public school student. As the head of Kenneth Gordon Maplewood School in North Vancouver, he sees many such families. “Their school had just said to them, ‘your child’s needs Read More …
‘If we had to double our tuition, we would cease to exist’
As the principal of St. Ann’s Academy in Kamloops, Shawn Chisholm knows his basic arithmetic. Independent school students — there are roughly 1,000 of them in Kamloops —are funded by the provincial government at 50% of what public school students Read More …
‘It’s a matter of how you set your priorities’
For Isagani Cruz, a Catholic of Filipino descent, the decision to send his three children to an independent school was easy. The harder part is paying the bills. Tuition at Our Lady of Mercy, in Burnaby, costs $230/month for his Read More …