British Columbians and Canadians enjoy a quality of life that is dependent on quality public services. Public services are accessible, accountable, locally-controlled and a good investment of tax dollars. Public schools are one of those services. When privatization creeps into education, sometimes under the umbrella of educational reform, schooling becomes a political tool, accountability is weakened, and public funds and values are diverted to corporate profits.
To be clear, IPE/BC is critical of privatization. Our task is to make clear how and where privatization is taking hold within public education and to offer a pro-public education alternative. Understandably sometimes public education needs to be improved to deserve being preserved; that too is our goal.
You’ll find a wealth of information on privatization in public education on Issues and Advocacy- Privatization page.