alberta schools

• Alberta Teachers’ Association concerned over potential removal of teacher disciplinary process

  Late last year, Alberta’s education minister said she plans to remove the disciplinary process role from the Alberta Teachers’ Association.

  Education

  Mar 28
  
• Teacher’s association pans expansion of charter schools in Alberta budget

  Approximately $72 million will be invested over the next three years to expand charter schools and collegiate programs, which will include building new schools.

  Education

  Feb 24
  
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• Cautious optimism as fewer COVID-19 cases in Alberta schools: teachers’ association

  Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said on Twitter that none of the more than 2,500 schools in Alberta are currently shifted to temporary at-home learning.

  Education

  Feb 23
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• Reality check on Alberta politicians’ statements on schools, COVID-19 transmission and vaccines

  Global News spoke with a pair of infectious disease specialists to check their claims.

  Health

  Feb 11
• COVID-19: Some Alberta classes move online as teaching positions go unfilled

  The ATA said teachers would like better PPE like KN95 masks, substitute teachers on contract, smaller class sizes to facilitate distancing and contact tracing.

  Education

  Jan 17
• Alberta parent voices frustration over baggy, ill-fitting medical masks sent home with students

  An Alberta mother is voicing her frustration after seeing the size and fit of the masks being supplied to students in schools across the province.

  Education

  Jan 13
• What happened to 91,000 KN95 masks donated to Alberta teachers?

  An Edmonton company that donated KN95 masks to the Alberta school system wants to know if they actually ended up in teachers' hands as intended.

  Education

  Jan 10
• Alberta K-12 students to return to class Jan. 10 amid record-setting numbers of new COVID-19 cases

  On Wednesday, Alberta's education minister and chief medical officer of health announced children from kindergarten to Grade 12 will return to in-person learning next week.

  Education

  Jan 5
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• Alberta Opposition calls for more COVID-19 supports for students when they return to class

  The Alberta NDP education critic says Premier Jason Kenney's government must provide more information on infection rates so school staff have a better idea of what they're facing.

  Education

  Jan 4
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• COVID-19: Alberta will delay return to in-person K to 12 school until Jan. 10

  Alberta is extending the student winter break provincewide, and children in kindergarten to Grade 12 won't return to class until Jan. 10.

  Education

  Dec 30, 2021