Latest posts tagged with #ABedu on Bluesky
1/8 🇨🇦 6,000 ALBERTA EDUCATORS REVEAL SYSTEM CRISIS 🇨🇦
A new CBC News survey reveals a bleak reality for Alberta's schools.
Despite recent strikes and government promises, educators are deeply pessimistic.
Source: CBC News
#EducationSky #AbLeg #CdnPoli #Teachers #AbPoli #AbEdu
1/5 🇨🇦 ALBERTA REVIVES FAILED P3 SCHOOL MODEL 🇨🇦
Despite abandoning the scheme twice before, the #UCP will again use public-private partnerships.
Critics warn taxpayers will pay much more in the long run.
Source: CUPE
#EduSky #CdnPoli #AbLeg #P3Schools #PublicEd #AbPoli #AbEdu
1/8
🇨🇦 UCP GOVERNING THROUGH RESTRICTION, NOT COLLABORATION 🇨🇦
From banning books to crushing strikes, the #UCP prioritizes ideology over people.
Garima Chahal argues this pattern of "power over people" puts Alberta's future at risk.
#AbLeg #Education #HealthCare #AbPoli #AbEdu #EduSky
1/7
🇨🇦 #ALBERTA #RECALL CAMPAIGN FACES REALITY 🇨🇦
The deadline looms for the Recall of #AlbertaEducation Minister #DemetriosNicolaides.
Organizers are thousands of signatures short of the 16,006 needed to force a vote.
Amir Said reports...
#AbLeg #CdnPoli #AbPoli #UCP #AbEdu
Fvcking RepubliCons. UCP who are you in bed with? #Abedu
Please educate yourself and carefully read the paragraph on Alberta Public Education in the referenced article. Then, give your head a vigorous shake and loudly question why the current UCP Gov't has veered so badly from these ideals? #ABpoli, #ABedu albertaviews.ca/the-lesson-o...
2/8 Justice Minister Mickey Amery's office says the law strengthens ties between parents and education, providing "more transparency, clarity, and consistency."
Egale Canada and Skipping Stone filed the Court of King's Bench challenge last week.
#ABed #ABedu #ParentalRights #ChildrensRights #ABpoli
11/12 Ganshorn warns supporters of public education must engage critically with October 20 trustee elections.
Look for privatization dog whistles like "fund students not systems."
Ask candidates to clarify positions on non-public funding.
#Elections2024 #Abed #Abedu #PublicEducation #ABpoli
7/12 Neoliberalism in 1990s reframed education as commodity. Ralph Klein established first charter schools.
Market logic eventually demanded public system delegitimization.
Coexistence wasn't enough; public education had to be undermined.
#Privatization #ABpoli #ABed #ABedu #PublicEducation #UCP
4/12 Sex education restrictions took effect last week. Parents must now opt children in to receive comprehensive sexual health education.
"These measures override children's rights and ignore supportive parents, particularly in LGBTQ+ families."
#SexEd #LGBTQ+ #ABed #ABedu #ChildrensRights #ABpoli
1/12 🚨 🇨🇦 RIGHT-WING FORCES TARGET ALBERTA SCHOOL BOARDS 🇨🇦 🚨
New Parkland Institute report exposes coordinated effort to weaponize "parental rights" rhetoric ahead of October elections.
Jeremy Appel reports for The Tyee.
#Alberta #ABed #ABedu #ABpoli #ABleg #TakeBackAlberta #DanielleSmith #UCP
1/12 🚨 🇨🇦 ALBERTA EDUCATION IN CRISIS MODE 🇨🇦 🚨
Parents brace for potential teacher strike while navigating chaotic new policies.
51,000 teachers have strike mandate. School boards authorized for lockouts.
Contract talks have collapsed.
#AlbertaEd #TeacherStrike
#ABpoli #ABed #ABedu #UCP #ucpFAIL
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#BetterStartsNow #abndp #ableg #abpoli #Students #ATA #PayPublicSchoolWorkers #AlbertaTeachersAssociation
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1/8 🇨🇦 👩🏫 ALBERTA'S UCP ABOUT TO TRIGGER TEACHERS' STRIKE 👩🏫 🇨🇦
Nearly 39,000 teachers voted 94.5% for strike action after rejecting 12% over four years.
Can strike with 72 hours notice as school year begins.
By David Climenhaga, The Tyee.
#ABTeachers #ABPoli #ABed #ABedu #ABleg
4/13 Goodyear, a UBC nursing professor and youth health researcher, draws parallels to Atwood's dystopian world:
"In Alberta schools, it's now 'under her eye,' with Premier Danielle Smith and the UCP as the overseers."
#DystopianFiction #UCPPolicies #ABpoli #UCPIdeology #ABed #ABedu #UCPfail
1/10 📚🔥 MARGARET ATWOOD STRIKES BACK AT ALBERTA'S BOOK BAN WITH SATIRICAL STORY 🔥📚
The Handmaid's Tale author pens biting satire after her own novel gets yanked from Edmonton school shelves.
The Canadian Press reports.
#BookBan #MargaretAtwood #ABpoli #ABleg #ABed #ABedu #AbSchools #UCPfail
12/13 The stakes extend beyond individual boards.
Schilling fears dysfunction and paralysis on key decisions about facilities, budgets, and staffing.
"We're supposed to be talking about what is good for students... not playing politics."
#Students #ATA #AlbertaTeachersAssociation
#AbEd #AbEdu
11/13 Crystal Owens, Peace River school board chair, sees a troubling scenario.
With most trustees acclaimed, "it's almost up to the public to be aware of what's happening."
But public awareness is exactly what's lacking in these low-turnout elections.
#VoterApathy #PublicAwareness #AbEd #AbEdu
10/13 Heather Ganshorn of Support Our Students Alberta questions the groups' motives.
"I don't hear parents talking about these contentious social issues," she says.
"They are talking about class sizes... their kids' special needs."
#PublicEducation #SupportOurStudents #AbEd #AbEdu #AbEducation
6/13 Dennis MacNeil, president of the Public School Boards Association, sees danger ahead.
"If you're that one-agenda person who is on a board, and your only focus is to be anti-woke... that creates a lot of problems for boards," he warns.
#Education #AbEd #AbEdu #AbEducation #PublicEducation
3/13 The numbers reveal why boards are vulnerable.
In 2021, of 421 school trustees elected, 207 were acclaimed—nearly half faced no opposition.
Six seats remained vacant.
Low turnout and uncontested races create openings for organized groups.
#ABedu #ABed #ABeducation #SchoolTrustee
1/15 🚨 🇨🇦 HOW "PARENTAL RIGHTS" RHETORIC SERVES PRIVATISATION AGENDAS IN ALBERTA 🇨🇦 🚨
New CCPA analysis reveals the interconnected campaign to undermine public education through culture wars and school choice.
By Heather Ganshorn
#Alberta #Education #ABpoli #Privatisation #ABedu #PublicEducation
Received a joint statement from the Calgary Board of Education and Edmonton Public Schools chairs. Both boards were named in the news release and were surprised because the minister did not raise concerns before the news conference. #ABleg #ABpoli #ABedu
6/6 McGowan warns: "The rallies and picket lines we're seeing are just the beginning. The UCP started this fight with wage suppression. Alberta workers will finish it by standing up and pushing back."
Read more:
afl.org/statement-al...
#ABpoli #Labour #ABleg #AFL #UCP #ABhealth #ABedu #ABeducation
3/6 The AFL condemns continued underfunding of essential public services.
"Cuts to public services, like health care and education, are bad for workers, bad for families, and bad for the economy," says McGowan.
#ABpoli #PublicServices #ABleg #ABbudget #AFL #UCP #ABhealth #ABedu #ABeducation
4/7 The education budget includes $2.6B over three years for new schools, $389M for maintenance, and $185M this year to hire 4,000 education staff. Critics say it's not enough to address classroom overcrowding and resource shortages.
#ABpoli #Education #ABleg #ABedu #ABeducation #ABbudget
3/7 The budget projects a $5.2B deficit, with deficits continuing for the next two years.
Finance Minister Horner blames declining oil revenues, potential US tariffs, and $1B for income tax breaks promised during the 2023 election.
#ABpoli #Economy #ABbudget #ABleg #ABhealth #ABedu #ABeducation
2/7 "Public education is not a priority with this government," said Alberta Teachers' Association president Jason Schilling.
"This government should be ashamed of themselves for, once again, short-changing the students of this province."
#ABpoli #Education #ABedu #ABeducation #ABbudget #ABleg
