Alberta Education
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More gym, less humanities: Alberta overhauls high school graduation requirementsUnder the new requirements only one senior-level course in either English or social studies is needed to graduate, while senior-level math and science will still not be mandatory.Education28 mins
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Alberta reducing education property taxes in 2027 after previous hikesIt means home and farmland owners will pay almost seven per cent less than this year, while non-residential property owners will pay almost five per cent less.MoneyOct 30
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Alberta government introduces education bill to standardize school report cardsThe bill would standardize school report cards, force more details on how teachers spend PD days and create a process for dealing with unresolved parent concerns.EducationOct 29
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‘Wild West’: Teachers, experts call for unified policies to address AI in classroomsEducators across Canada are grappling with how best to incorporate AI in their classrooms while fostering critical thinking and intellectual honesty.TechSep 4
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Alberta Education launches review after child hit with belt at private religious schoolAlberta's education minister has the authority to investigate registered independent schools, and shut them down if the school doesn't comply with the province's regulations.EducationAug 5
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Lethbridge Polytechnic creating new projects to strengthen bail risk assessmentsInstructor and researcher Jami Albright-Tolman is developing a Dynamic Operational Risk Assessment tool to strengthen police recommendations to Crown prosecutors and the judiciary.EducationJun 5
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Political neutrality mandate in Alberta classrooms offensive to teachers, union saysThe President of the Alberta Teachers Association says it's unfair of the provincial government to suggest Alberta teachers don't act with integrity in the classroom.EducationApr 1
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Alberta to mandate teachers be balanced on all issues, pushing neutrality in schoolsAlberta's UCP government has tabled a bill to make sweeping changes to teacher conduct and education priorities that it claims will make classrooms free from politics and ideology.PoliticsMar 31
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University of Lethbridge research could shift how cancer is treatedIn a combined effort, researchers from the University of Lethbridge helped discover a critical function of a specific ribonucleic acid in the growth of cancer cells.ScienceFeb 26
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Alberta school boards remove dozens of library books as provincial ban in effectThe provincial policy, announced in the fall, requires schools to remove books containing explicit images or illustrations of sexual content.EducationJan 7
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