Alberta Education Minister

• Alberta to start online registry of teachers, school administrators this September

  About 160,000 educators who received their certification since 1954 are to be included in the registry, which is to go online Friday.

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2022
  
• Alberta Teachers’ Association pass non-confidence vote on education minister with 99% in favour

  Alberta teachers will hold a vote of non-confidence on Education Minister Adriana LaGrange on Sunday.

  Education

  May 22, 2021
  
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• Rock thrown through Alberta education minister’s office

  Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange tweeted Tuesday that someone threw a large rock through her office constituency window in Red Deer earlier that day.

  Crime

  Apr 6, 2021
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• Alberta’s proposed K-6 school curriculum focuses on basics, practical skills

  The health and wellness part of the curriculum includes teaching students the importance of boundaries and consent.

  Education

  Mar 29, 2021
• Alberta students with disabilities exempt from online learning

  The province says students with disabilities will be able to remain in the classroom, as kids in Grades 7-12 move to online learning next week.

  Education

  Nov 26, 2020
• UCP under fire for K-4 curriculum plans that suggest leaving out residential schools

  Draft documents of the United Conservative Party's plans for Alberta's school curriculums faced swift backlash Wednesday from education experts in the province.

  Education

  Oct 21, 2020
• Diploma exams to be optional for Alberta students this October and November

  Alberta Education says diploma exams will be optional for students this term amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Education

  Oct 13, 2020
• Alberta Teachers’ Association president meeting with education minister over ‘serious problems’ with school re-entry plan

  Teachers believe there are "serious problems" with the government's plan for returning to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Education

  Aug 16, 2020
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• Alberta parents call province’s back-to-school plan unsafe, push for changes

  Some Alberta parents are criticizing the province's school reopen plan, calling it unsafe. Now they've started a group to take action.

  Education

  Aug 2, 2020
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• Alberta receives serology test results for COVID-19 antibodies, records 113 new cases

  On the same day Alberta announced it has received results from serology testing conducted in early June, the province also recorded 113 new cases of  COVID-19 and five new deaths. 

  Health

  Jul 30, 2020