Edmonton Schools

• Edmonton Public Schools anticipating to be 100% full by 2030

  EPSB believes if enrolment and capital funding stay constant at its current utilization rate, there will be 34,000 more students than spaces in the system in 10 years.

  Education

  Mar 22
  
• Future of reconciliation in Canada includes next generation of Indigenous youth

  Residential school survivors hope to pass down records and information to the next generation as they inherit the path to reconciliation.

  Canada

  Mar 17
  
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• Province announces plans for priority school projects across Alberta

  The projects are part of the $2.3-billion education budget that was announced by the province Tuesday.

  Education

  Mar 1
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• A more typical return to Alberta classrooms

  This will mark a more typical return to school for the first time in three years. An Edmonton education psychology professor said this return to normalcy is important for children.

  Education

  Aug 29, 2022
• Alberta Education investigating social media posts about provincial achievement tests

  Videos that surfaced on social media have prompted Alberta Education to launch an investigation into whether they give away answers to Grade 9 provincial achievement tests.

  Education

  Jun 24, 2022
• Edmonton Public Schools facing mounting enrolment pressures

  Since 2010, enrolment in Edmonton Public Schools has grown by more than 25,000 students. The division expects enrolment to steadily increase over the next decade.

  Education

  Mar 23, 2022
• Research finds 20,963 Edmonton students dubbed ‘offenders’ through school resource officer programs

  A pair of Edmonton researchers are raising concerns about a program that places police officers in some city schools, arguing it could be creating a "school-to-prison pipeline."

  Education

  Mar 22, 2022
• Edmonton Public Schools to spend $6M on HEPA filters for classrooms

  On Tuesday, EPSB chair Trisha Estabrooks said the minister of education approved the board's request to access $6 million in reserve dollars to purchase HEPA filters.

  Education

  Feb 16, 2022
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• Edmonton Public’s enrolment lottery process expands to include 2 more schools

  New students in the attendance area for Lillian Osborne High School in the southwest, and David Thomas King School, in west Edmonton, will have to enter a lottery.

  Education

  Jan 23, 2022
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• 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, 2022