The president of the teachers union in Alberta says the government’s suggestion that educators don’t act with integrity or present issues in a balanced way is offensive.
Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides tabled a bill this week that he says is aimed at getting politics and ideology out of classrooms.
The bill, and further rules to be developed later this year, includes a mandate that teachers present all issues in a neutral way.
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Jason Schilling, the president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, says it’s something already expected of teachers and suggesting otherwise is unfair.
Schilling says the government seems to be more interested in dog whistles and is legislating a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
Nicolaides says schools need to help teach students how to think rather than what to think, adding that bill will encourage tough conversations rather than restrict them.
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C.M., thank you for reporting this. It is truly disturbing, and absolutely unacceptable for the teachers to even suggest such a thing.
As a St Albert resident as well, I find this kind of thing appalling.
It should be investigated by authorities.
Some teachers, and this insane Union, do not belong in the classroom, or anywhere near education of children/young adults.
Get back to teaching the 3 r’s in public schools – reading, writing, and arithmetic.
An educator’s job is to teach children how to think critically, not to teach them what to think.
Teachers have told their class to tell their parents to vote NDP as that’s the only party that supports teachers. This happened in St.Albert at Paul Kane Highschool. Don’t make me air out teachers names. .
I went to these schools. Teachers are biased politically. This must be curtailed.
Finally, let’s get back to basic commonsense the way it should be. When I went to school, the only time politics were discussed were history lessons, not ideology. Schilling needs to step down.
They should be offended, but over the fact that indoctrination has now become the baseline or starting point of most subjects they teach. Shocking their money purging union has an “issue” 🫤
Glad “Bob’s your Uncle” below is not my real uncle.
Sounds like his nieces and nephews are the children of his brother and sister’s marriage or maybe they are his brother and mother’s children.
Regardless, I am sure the whole family are staunch Liberals
Anything to the right of Mao’s ideology is offensive to the indoctrination system our “educators” want to instill on our youth.
Of course they’re upset, they’re not getting their way. I went to school in the 70s and 80s and we never knew a teacher’s marital status (other than obvious rings or Mrs), we didn’t know who their families were, we didn’t know their politics including their opinions on the ATA. How does knowing your teacher prefers the wackidos in the ndp help anyone?
I would rather have teachers be offended than children being indoctrinated.
Liberal teachers upset? Simple solution, fire half the teachers and replace them with teachers that have a conservative view if the liberal teachers refuse to stop teaching children ‘how to’ think. Just to keep things balanced.
Love how speaking out against teaching children all the colours of the rainbow, instead of spelling, reading etc…is “divisive” and “Maga”! When will you mewling peons open YOUR eyes!
Is it offensive to all teachers? Or just to some? I believe gender identity politics should be left out of the classroom and focus on skills young Canadians will need to succeed in life.
Dee Ironside, you are a divisive fool, playing politics with our kids. Wake up and stop playing the abusive MAGA game.
…this is what happens when you are beholden to book banning maga zealots. Next they will be wanting the 10 commandments and xtian prayers in the class rooms…
It seems that teaching both sides of an issue is just not the progressive socialist way.
Don’t have much sympathy for a whining teachers union always claiming how hard done by they are, and treated sooo unfairly. You signed up for the job. Did you think it was going to be Little House on Prairie, or Anne of Green Gables vocation? It’s a tough job yes. It’s also a tough job being parents.a lot of parents aren’t compensated for raising their kids like you are, and they don’t have a choice to go on strike when they feel discouraged and burnt out. Get over yourselves and just do your job. Kids in school are being politically brain washed all the time, and used as pawns for the teachers union agendas. Glad this mandate is being considered for our schools.
Teachers need to grow up. They just pushed back when the public insisted that parents have the right to know if their child is gender confused and needs help. The teachers insisted that they have the right to groom children.
Now they are upset that the base is now being broadened? THEY STARTED THIS!