9 d. ago Opinion: Classroom expertise comes from teachers, not screeners

Helping Alberta kids achieve high levels of literacy and numeracy is like world peace — it’s easy to agree in principle that it’s important. The trickier question is what policies actually leverage positive change. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides recently tabled Bill 6, which mandates K-3 literacy and numeracy screeners. That may sound good, but it […]

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1 week ago Opinion: Classroom complexity is about more than just numbers

The recent teachers’ strike in Alberta drew unprecedented attention to the pressures facing classrooms across the province. For weeks, parents, students and the public engaged in a national conversation about what it means to provide high-quality education amid growing demands, rising class sizes and increasingly complex learning needs. The strike underscored what educators have long […]

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1 week ago Friday's letters: Teachers shouldn't decide government policy

Congratulations to Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP for having the courage to end the senseless strike. Teachers’ demands are unreasonable and they have no right to dictate how the education system should be managed. There are no business organizations or enterprises where the employees tell the management how the business is to be managed. […]

Politics

1 week ago Albertans say ATA handled teachers' strike better than province as opinion on government worsens: Leger poll

Additionally, half of all respondents agreed that the province's use of the notwithstanding clause to end the strike was deemed inappropriate

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1 week ago Albertans say ATA handled teachers' strike best as opinion on government remains weak: Leger poll

Additionally, half of all respondents agreed that the province's use of the notwithstanding clause to end the strike was deemed inappropriate

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1 week ago 'This is what drives them': School sports resume this week following teachers' strike

'The kids that are motivated and ready to go were champing at the bit — it was just a matter of putting the structure back in place'

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1 week ago Anglican Diocese questions Alberta’s use of notwithstanding clause on teachers

Bishop Stephen London said denying one group's fundamental rights has deeper implications that could interfere with people's freedom of conscience and religion.

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2 w. ago Calgary university students stage walkout in support of Alberta teachers

Post-secondary students opposed to the provincial government's decision to legislate an end to the recent teachers' strike staged several noisy protests in Calgary on Monday.

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2 w. ago Bell: Unions declare war on Danielle Smith thinking the premier is weak

A general strike in Alberta? The union argy-bargy is not about the teachers, it's about seeing Premier Danielle Smith as weak

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2 w. ago Bell: After teacher strike a slumping Danielle Smith faces a war with unions

A general strike in Alberta? The union outrage is not just about the teachers, it's about going after Danielle Smith slumping in the polls

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2 w. ago Alberta parents begin depositing ‘Parent Payment Program’ funds

Thousands of Alberta parents woke up Friday to an Interac e-transfer notification from the provincial government, containing student support money from the teachers' strike.

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2 w. ago Kerry Sun: The teachers’ strike always belonged in the political realm. Sec. 33 is justified

Danielle Smith's use of the notwithstanding clause corrects Supreme Court overreach

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2 w. ago 'We're packed like sardines': Students walk out of their classes in support of Alberta teachers

"Alberta is ridiculous, and we need to show that the teachers aren't the only ones who need to stand up for themselves"

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2 w. ago Opinion: If the UCP can strip teachers of their rights, nobody is safe

Don’t kid yourself. If they haven’t come for you, it’s only because it isn’t your turn. Yet. That was the message Premier Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party sent to Albertans on Monday when they passed Bill 2, the Back to School Act, that ended the three-week-old teachers’ strike. The law ordered teachers to […]

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2 w. ago Christine Van Geyn: Teachers’s union has no legal case after Danielle Smith quashed strike

Section 33 gives the Alberta government, not judges, the last word

Culture

2 w. ago Alberta teachers and students are back in school but questions loom over what the year might look like

Students were back in classrooms on Wednesday after the provincial government invoked the notwithstanding clause to end the weeks-long teachers’ strike. About 750,000 students were impacted by the strike, which began Oct. 6. While some families are relieved, several questions remain about what the rest of the school year will look like. To provide a […]

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2 w. ago Opinion: Would Lougheed use notwithstanding clause to end Alberta teachers' strike?

As the dust settles on the breakneck passage of Bill 2 and Alberta’s first invocation of the notwithstanding clause in 25 years, I can’t help but wonder: What would Peter Lougheed think? It’s hard to think of a more widely respected public figure than Lougheed, not just in Alberta but across Canada (in 2012, a […]

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2 w. ago More than 740,000 students head back to class in Alberta after teacher strike ends

It's going to be a busy day for Alberta schools today as more than 740,000 students are set to return to class following the end of a provincewide teachers strike.

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2 w. ago Jamie Sarkonak: The secret reason Alberta teachers went on strike — skyrocketing immigration

The number of students who can't speak English keeps rising

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2 w. ago Bell: Danielle Smith outfoxes Alberta teachers but they to vow to fight on

Teacher strike scoreboard. Danielle Smith 1. Alberta Teachers' Association 0

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