This issue discusses Daily Physical Activity (DPA), the benefits of walking school bus programs, and the forthcoming review of playground funding. The featured book is about the world's greatest soccer goalkeeper.

This special literacy issue of the Education Report focuses on the April 14-15, 2008,
Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum. The featured book is about a young girl who struggles with reading and the old woman who helps her discover the world of possibilities in books.

This issue discusses the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA), leaders in education and Aboriginal student achievement. The featured book is about a china rabbit that learns a very human lesson.

This issue promotes Education Month, including the first-ever Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence and an online calendar listing education events taking place around the province. It also discusses the new appeals process for students and parents concerned about decisions made by board of education employees. The featured book shares tales told by an Aboriginal elder.

This Anti-Bullying-Day-themed issue includes information on Internet safety. It also discusses the new Parent Information Network. The featured book is about a girl who struggles as she learns to read.

This issue anticipates notable events and milestones for 2008, including the recent introduction of the first hybrid-powered school bus in Canada. It also marks Family Literacy Week. The featured book is about a girl who wants a dog.

This holiday-season issue looks back at some highlights of 2007, including new legislation recognizing First Nations' power to make laws over education on their own lands. It also discusses the recent change to the funding formula. The featured book is about a boy whose parents are quickly worn down by the Great War; this book concludes around the time of the Christmas Truce of 1914.

This issue outlines some of the steps the Province is taking to help schools model environmentally sustainable practices and inform students of environmental issues. It also looks at new accessible play space grants and education funding in a time of continued declining enrolment. The featured book is about a city running low on resources.

This issue looks ahead to the first ever Premier's Awards for Teaching Excellence and the second annual Teachers' Congress, and back at the Jacques Demers speaking tour. The issue also discusses surplus schools and lands. The featured book is about a boy who discovers a world underneath our own.

This issue discusses Jacques Demers and Raise-a-Reader, ActNow BC's School Fruit and Vegetable Snack Program, and the safety of students with life-threatening allergies. The featured book is about a boy silently fighting
for his life.

This issue highlights two exciting new announcements: Canada’s most aggressive initiative yet to fight obesity in children and youth, and tuition-free adult basic education for all students. The featured book is about a girl and her Vancouver-based soccer team.

This back-to-school issue looks at the year ahead, a recent educational leadership conference, and the new school-property ban on tobacco. The featured book is about a girl who loves to read and write.

This issue highlights Science Alliance camps and summer reading clubs, B.C.'s success at the 2007 Canadian Skills Competition, and B.C.'s Healthy Schools program and satisfaction survey.

This end-of-the-school-year issue looks back on the Minister's now completed school district visits, recent environmentally-friendly school capital projects, and the year in "firsts". The featured book is great bedtime reading for children ages 4-7.

This issue shines a spotlight on the expansion of StrongStart BC and the Province's recent $4-million investment in playground equipment that will encourage students to be physically active. The issue also discusses the upcoming provincial exams and the expansion of free online tutoring through LearnNow BC, the Province's virtual school. The featured book is a popular fantasy novel the author embarked on at age fifteen.

This issue highlights the Mineral Resources Education Program of British Columbia, new ActNow BC guide booklets to help children and youth be physically active, eat nutritiously and make healthy choices, and this year's Foundation Skills Assessment. The featured book outlines the lifecycle of salmon and the ecosystem of a river.

This special issue outlines new changes in legislation to improve B.C.'s education system. The aim is to boost student achievement and increase student safety. Changes address accountability, school fees, teacher discipline, codes of conduct and more.

This Education Week issue highlights a few of B.C.'s many excellent and innovative schools. The featured book is about a troubled boy who matures after opting for Native American circle justice.

This issue focuses on the second annual report on class size. It also highlights the second annual Interactive Innovations conference. The featured book is about a boy who steps into the Greek-mythology based video game his father has created.

This special issue provides highlights from the throne speech, which focused on government's plans for B.C.'s education system over the next year.

This issue outlines the $27-million first phase of government's literacy plan called ReadNow BC, the streamlined graduation portfolio called graduation standards, and the Province's popular virtual school called LearnNow BC. The featured book is about an English girl who is sent to Brazil where her relatives act as if they still lived in England.

This issue summarizes the BC Progress Board's recent report on public education and discusses government's Pacific Leadership Agenda. It also reports on the opening of the Spruceland Elementary StrongStart Centre in Prince George. The featured book is about a girl who dreams of being part of a perfect family.

This holiday-season issue looks back at some 2006 milestones. It also discusses the launch of the Province's early learning StrongStart centres and the review of the graduation portfolio program. The featured book is about a boy who sets out to save endangered owls.

This issue discusses exciting education announcements made by Premier Campbell, including a school-ground smoking ban. The issue also highlights the Parent Congress. The featured book is about a boy who must care for his sister with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the most unusual setting.

This issue is about the unique challenges faced by rural schools and new tools that can help them, including the Rural Education Network, and technology, like B.C.'s virtual school and virtual reference service. The featured book is an award-winning novel about a boy looking for his father in the 1930's.

This issue invites readers to participate in the Conversation on Health. It looks at the success of the B.C. Raise-a-Reader campaigns and discusses B.C.'s commitment to safe schools. The featured book is an award-winning novel in which the protagonist is a mouse.

The 14th Education Report looks at the Dalai Lama's historic meeting with Minister Bond and B.C. students, developments on the new Social Justice 12 course and the upcoming Teachers' Congress. In RUN, this edition's featured book, a young boy meets Terry Fox during the Marathon of Hope.

This issue includes Rick Hansen and the Dalai Lama. It also looks at the success of B.C.'s ESL students. The featured book is the latest title the Province is giving to kindergarten students across British Columbia to encourage families to read together.

The theme of this issue is Back to School. It includes a welcome back message from Minister, as well as tips for parents as the summer draws to an end and families prepare for the new school year. The issue also highlights some of the statistics on enrolment and funding for this year.

This issue looks at satisfaction surveys and student safety as well as two historic agreements in Aboriginal education. The issue also highlights Prince Rupert's Summer Read and Play program and the 16th annual provincewide B.C. Summer Reading Club. The featured book is non-fiction about the role that water plays in the world.

This special issue on bargaining provides an update and answers some frequently asked questions.

This issue reviews B.C.'s 2005/06 school-year successes, discusses the expansion of the Welcome to Kindergarten program, takes a big-picture view of bargaining in B.C., and recommends historical fiction, just for fun, or to complement a social studies lesson.

This issue highlights two international conferences, provincial exams, and Nelson author Vivien Bowers, who answers some quirky questions about Canada.

This issue provides an update on the Premier's and Minister's school district visits, regional forums that showcase work done with the Province's $10 million literacy innovation grants, and the number of teachers in the province. The featured book, written by a Vancouver-based preschool teacher, has fun with fairy tales.

This issue looks at the Minister's many meetings, the mountain pine better, class-size legislation, and a non-fiction book on seven major Aboriginal groups.

This issue congratulates Charlie Coleman, a B.C. principal who won an international award. It highlights investments in trades training, provides background on bargaining, and recommends a popular story about bullying.

This issue features students honoured during Education Week, graduation portfolios, investments through ActNowBC, and Sarah Ellis, who has won a Governor General's Award, the BC Book Prize, and more.

This issue discusses scholarships for graduates of the Secondary School Apprenticeship (SSA) program, an international, web-based education conference, student-centered leadership, and Owen & Mzee, a baby hippo and a 130-year-old giant tortoise.

This issue provides an update on the Minister's school district visits. It features the Words on Wheels bus, education funding facts, Budget 2006 highlights, and a book, written by a Prince George author, for children aged 3-5.

The first-ever issue of the Education Report features outstanding B.C. principals, trades training, class size facts, throne speech highlights, and a Sidney-B.C.-based, Governor-General's-Award-winning children's author.