Addressing children’s and youth’s needs requires the expertise and support of educational assistants, school psychologists and all workers who collaborate to build caring school communities.
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Vague references don’t cut it. The public deserves to know exactly how Alberta is relying on science, realism and high-quality problem-solving in its back to school plans during COVID-19.
First, the United Conservative Party lifted the cap on charter schools, and now new legislation has cut school boards out of the process to establish a charter school.
In the face of mounting crises in Alberta, Premier Jason Kenney’s decision to cut funding intended for educational assistants is bad policy.
The main problem plaguing Alberta students’ math performance isn’t the current math curriculum or teacher accountability, but inequality and ballooning class sizes.
Grade 4 student Charlene seemed chronically off-task – until an educator noticed she was, in fact, the sole student pursuing the question, ‘Was the oil boom bad for our wildlife?’
In calls for dramatic action to overhaul education in the name of improvement and efficiencies, we see the impact of global trends in privatization.
Alberta’s Bill 44 requiring schools to alert parents when they’re teaching sex ed should be amended in order to protect both youth health and education towards democracy.
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Adjunct assistant professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Werklund Research Professor of Education, University of Calgary
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor, Public Health, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Faculty Professor, Adult Learning, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor of Education, University of Calgary
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President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Alberta
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Professor of Accounting, Athabasca University
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Assistant Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Adjunct faculty and Associate Lecturer, Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta
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Associate Professor, St. Mary’s University (Calgary)
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Associate professor of curriculum and learning, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary