How important was English in the process of colonization? What is the new paradigm that we all must learn in the process of neo-liberal economic reformation? Part of the methodology behind the rationale of the cultural stripping residential school system was to deprive the cultures of their language while teaching them English simultaneously as a replacement. This had the affect of simultaneously disassociating the children from their Elders, family and role models and subsequent teaching while allowing them to be indoctrinated into the foreign status quo. Neo-liberal strategists have studied this methodology and are currently employing a similar strategy in an attempt to indoctrinate and disassociate the youth of today into their philosophy.
Description of Residential Schools in Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system
List of Residential schools
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_residential_schools_in_Canada
By attacking the schools through the teachers, they have started the process of undermining the usefulness of the public schools and by proxy, the unionized labour they employ. Those who believe that schools should be self sustaining, profitable entities push their agenda through several avenues. The first is by funding private schools with public money. The second is reducing funding to public education so that private schools enjoy a distinct advantage in almost all aspects of educational and extra-curricular facility. The third is through presentation of hostile bargaining techniques during collective bargaining sessions which forces job action, thus making the private schools appear far superior with regards to student stability etc. Is it possible that the new mantra is anti labour instead to replace the anti-First Nations rhetoric of the residential schools?
A study done on the long term effects of Government funded private education. Not peer edited unfortunately.
http://www.csse-scee.ca/CJE/Articles/FullText/CJE18-1/CJE18-1-03VanBrummelen.pdf
A history of private/independent schools in British Columbia (written and published by the admittedly biased BCTF)
https://www.bctf.ca/IssuesInEducation.aspx?id=5952
An article that speaks about BC school trustees attempting to convince BC MLA’s to redirect private school funding.