This Education Facts looks at poverty and vulnerable groups in British Columbia (BC). The following statistics are highlighted: (1) Over one in five children in BC live in poverty; (2) Vulnerable groups are significantly more likely to be living in poverty in BC; (3) Teachers report that the proportion of students at school experiencing…

This fact sheet reports on distributed learning (DL), which is a method of teaching students outside of traditional schools using online and other electronic-based delivery methods. Two charts are presented to show that DL programs in public schools has dropped greatly, but student enrollment in DL programs in independent schools has skyrocketed.

This fact sheet reports on inclusive education and students with special needs in British Columbia, including significant changes in the needs of students in British Columbia's (BC's) public schools, the restoration to special education teaching positions after significant cuts, and graduation rate for students with special needs has doubled.…

This fact sheet reports on graduation rates in British Columbia, including changes in secondary student graduation rates, graduation rates for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students, graduation rates for students in English Language Learner programs, and differences between graduation rates of non-resident and resident students. [For the 2018…

This fact sheet reports on education funding in British Columbia (BC). Funding for public education significantly increased in 2017-18 and is projected to continue to increase in line with increasing student enrollment. However, government spending on K-12 education as a proportion of total public spending continues to decline. An increase in…

This fact sheet reports on how education in British Columbia (BC) compares to education in the rest of Canada. Statistics show that BC's spending on students had declined to close to $1,900 less per student than the Canadian national average. One of the outcomes of inadequate funding is a heavier workload for BC's public-school teachers with…

This fact sheet reports on graduation rates in British Columbia, including changes in secondary student graduation rates, graduation rates for Aboriginal and special needs students, and differences between public schools' and independent schools' graduation rates of Aboriginal and special needs students.

This fact sheet reports on independent schools in British Columbia, including enrollment in independent schools, student composition in independent schools compared to public schools, public funding, and graduation rates. [For the 2018 edition of this fact sheet, see ED586101.]

This fact sheet reports on teaching positions in British Columbia, including changes in the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) public school teachers, changes in teacher workload, and changes the number of Aboriginal students per Aboriginal education teacher.

British Columbia teachers are pleased to have an early opportunity to present their views on priorities for the 2020 provincial budget to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) represents 43,000 teachers and associated professionals in public schools across British…

This fact sheet reports on independent schools in British Columbia, including enrollment in independent schools, student composition in independent schools compared to public schools, public funding, and graduation rates.

This report describes the methodology used by the Ministry of Education to calculate per Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) student funding for independent schools and discusses the underlying inequities when the public school funding formula is applied to funding for private schools. Vancouver school district is provided as a case example to work through…

This fact sheet reports on student enrollment in British Columbia, including enrollment in public schools and independent schools, adult student enrollment, student enrollment in language programs, international student enrollment in public schools, and enrollment of students with special needs.

This fact sheet reports on inclusive education and students with special needs in British Columbia, including changes to the composition of students with special needs in public schools, cuts to specialist teaching positions, and graduation rates for students with special needs.

In Spring 2018--almost a decade into province-wide implementation of Full-day Kindergarten--the British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) Research Department and British Columbia Primary Teachers' Association (BCPTA) investigated who the K/K-1 teachers are, how they teach and learn, and whether they have the resources and supports needed to…