Over three days, 180 junior and senior high school English teachers, postsecondary (university and college) writing instructors, workplace (corporate and small business) writing instructors, and government officials who are responsible for portfolios related to workforce training and literacy met to understand from a broad systems-level…

Concepts of the learner and liberal education in the "Graduation Program" recently published by the British Columbia (Canada) Ministry of Education and the program itself are intended to serve utilitarian ends rather than a real liberal education, as defined by the author, to whom good expressive practice is central. (SLD)