A woman who filed a lawsuit against Alberta Education after her son was locked in a seclusion room at school says she is "very disheartened" after a legal blow.

A number of schools east of Edmonton have partnered with a local charity to help ensure children in the area who don't have a proper bed will get one.

A 15-year-old boy who was struck by a vehicle and killed in Fort Saskatchewan over the weekend has been identified.

Politicians in the Alberta legislature squared off Thursday over the lack of mandatory lead testing in schools and daycares in the province.

Starting the first day of school, cellphones are banned in Elk Island School Division, which includes schools in Vegreville, Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park.

New training requirements for entry-level school bus drivers in Alberta were supposed to take effect on Friday but instead, the province's education minister announced he was pushing back their implementation amid concerns raised by some school boards.

Alberta's education minister says a ban on student seclusion rooms in schools will take effect this fall, but there can be exemptions.

On Tuesday, Tristan Tice-Kidston, a student at Ardrossan Junior Senior High School, was killed in a crash on Highway 16 at Range Road 224, east of Edmonton.

Elk Island Public Schools said in a statement that it is taking immediate action to address the behaviour with the employee.

Five schools in Fort Saskatchewan were put under a hold a secure protocol Monday morning as RCMP responded to a robbery at a convenience store.