End Collective Punishment in BC Schools

07/15/2026

Nobody talks about the harm caused when schools wait for a student to fail before offering meaningful support.

Too often, support is treated like something students have to qualify for through struggle.

➡️ They have to fail the test.
➡️ Miss the assignments.
➡️ Fall behind.
➡️ Shut down.
➡️ Melt down.
➡️ Refuse school.
➡️ Lose confidence.
➡️ Or reach a crisis point before their needs are taken seriously.

But waiting for failure is not early intervention.

It is delayed access.

And by the time adults finally say, “Now we see it,” the student may have already internalized the message that they are lazy, incapable, difficult, too much, or not trying hard enough.

Meaningful support should not require academic harm, emotional distress, disciplinary referrals, or mental health decline first.

➡️ A student can need support before they are failing.

➡️ A student can need support while they are passing.

➡️ While they are quiet.

➡️ While they are masking.

➡️While they are completing work.

➡️ While they are “holding it together” at school and falling apart at home.

We have to stop using failure as the proof that access is necessary.

Support should be proactive, responsive, and rooted in what the learner needs to learn with dignity, not withheld until the damage is undeniable.

07/13/2026

The reason column on an absence report in my son’s permanent record is mostly blank. When a reason survives, it’s ParentGuardianExcuse. There's really no excuse for what happened.

The reason column in my son's permanent record is mostly blank. When a reason survives, it's ParentGuardianExcuse.

06/26/2026

📣 **Dyslexia BC needs your help!** 📣

We want to hear **your BC Dyslexia Story.** ❤️

Families, students, and individuals across British Columbia have valuable experiences to share... and **every story matters.**

Dyslexia BC is gathering stories to help create a current report that highlights the collective experiences, challenges, and barriers faced by people with dyslexia and other learning disabilities in BC.

Your voice can help bring awareness, create understanding, and support positive change. ✨

📖 Share your story today:
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Thank you for helping make sure BC families are heard. 💙

06/26/2026

Unpreferred tasks do not belong on IEPs.

Completing unpreferred tasks is not a learning goal, it’s a compliance expectation. Many IEP goals unintentionally focus on endurance, obedience, or suppression instead of learning.

Rewrite IEP goals so they support learning - not compliance. Tune into a new episode of The Inclusion Podcast (and don’t forget to download the freebie!) https://www.inclusiveschooling.com/completing-unpreferred-tasks-should-not-be-an-iep-goal/

06/26/2026

As another school year comes to a close, let us all collectively exhale. Across communities, families celebrate report cards, concerts, grad...

06/24/2026

In Milgram's experiment, 65 percent of people kept shocking a stranger on command. In the variation no one teaches — two authorities, one of them saying stop — the number fell to zero. One dissenting voice in the room stops the cruelty.

https://endcollectivepunishmentinschools.site/news/condition-15-the-ethical-teacher-and-the-collapse-of-collective-punishment-in-bc-schools/

06/18/2026

FOI is supposed to help the public hold government accountable. A new FIPA process analysis report raises concerns about how consistent and transparent that process really is.

FOI is supposed to help the public hold government accountable. In schools, families often use it to learn what was never recorded, or what was hidden behind redactions. A new FIPA process analysis report raises concerns about how consistent and transparent that process really is.

06/18/2026

Families and teachers are describing the same failure from two positions inside it. The system survives by keeping them from recognising each other.

Families and teachers are describing the same failure from two positions inside it. The system survives by keeping them from recognising each other.

06/18/2026

Musings on the pedagogy of “people are not supports,” the research it misreads, and what happens when an idea is transplanted into a starved system.

On the pedagogy of "people are not supports," the research it misreads, and what happens when an idea is transplanted into a starved system.

06/18/2026

🔥🔥🔥🔥 Don't fix the student. Fix the system!!!!!

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