Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government’s $8.6-billion plan to fast-track building new schools will include a pilot project to incentivize private ones. Smith said the ultimate goal is to create thousands of new spaces for an exploding number of new students at a reduced cost to taxpayers. “We want to put all of the … Read more
Alberta was calling, both Canadians and immigrants answered and now the government is working to address the consequence of an unprecedented number of people moving to the Prairie province over the past year. In a televised address Tuesday night, Premier Danielle Smith said the Alberta government will be quadrupling the amount of capital money going … Read more
A group of educators and researchers invited by Alberta Education to help develop the new social studies curriculum has “significant concerns” with the draft released this week. An open letter from eight educators and researchers who were part of the K-6 Curriculum Development Specialist Group claims their input was “largely ignored.” The government said it … Read more
