PCE is not the only voice for education choice in Alberta. These are organizations and writers who work the same ground, mostly on social media, sometimes in print. They speak for themselves, not for PCE, and we do not always agree. We list them because the case for choice is stronger when parents can hear it made from more than one direction.
Who they are
Alberta Parents' Union
An organization of Alberta parents advocating for the best possible education for every student, in whatever setting a family chooses. Executive Director Jeff Park writes a steady stream of commentary on school boards, libraries, funding and the ATA. In 2026 the Union ran a 23-stop listening tour across the province.
albertaparentsunion.ca · News and commentary · Facebook · X · YouTube
Students First Alberta
A grassroots movement supporting education choice across Alberta, with a focus on independent and charter schools. Executive Director Kayla deRegt is a certified teacher and ATA member who also serves on independent school societies in Central Alberta, which gives her commentary on the strike and classroom complexity an unusual vantage point.
studentsfirstalberta.ca · Opinion articles · Facebook
Alberta Conservative Teacher
A working teacher's view from inside the system, delivered mostly in short videos. Worth following for what the union's own members are saying when the union is not speaking for them. The same circle runs Time for Choice Alberta, a campaign to put voluntary union membership and dues to a province-wide vote.
Instagram · timeforchoice.ca · X · Instagram (Time for Choice) · YouTube (Time for Choice)
Michael Wagner
Author and Western Standard columnist. Wagner writes the history nobody else bothers to: how Alberta's independent, Christian and home schools came to exist, who tried to shut them down, and why compulsory attendance laws deserve a second look.
Columns at the Western Standard
Cardus
A Hamilton-based think tank whose education program has done more careful work on independent schools than anyone in Canada. The Cardus Education Survey tracks how graduates of independent, Catholic and public schools turn out as adults; its 2024 report Exploring Alberta's Independent School Landscape is the standard reference on who attends Alberta's independent schools and why.
Cardus Education · Independent schools research · YouTube
Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy
A Calgary-based think tank led by Mark Milke, co-author of the 2019 report on school choice that PCE helped commission. Publishes on education among its other files, with a bent toward evidence over slogans.
aristotlefoundation.org · YouTube
Occasional voices
The Fraser Institute, through its Barbara Mitchell Centre for Improvement in Education, publishes the enrolment and school-choice comparisons everyone else quotes, including the annual Where Our Students Are Educated and the cross-country Measuring Choice and Competition in Canadian Education. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation weighs in when the question is what the system costs and who pays.
Fraser Institute: education · taxpayer.com · Fraser on YouTube · CTF on YouTube
Recent pieces on education choice
Newest first. Links go to the original publisher.
2026
- Sept 9, 2026Fraser Institute Where Our Students Are Educated, 2026: Alberta's independent school share up 63 percent since 2000
- May 7, 2026Kayla deRegt, Students First Alberta More school options key to addressing classroom complexity
- May 7, 2026Kayla deRegt, Students First Alberta Fast-tracking teachers is a real solution to a real problem
- May 7, 2026Kayla deRegt, Students First Alberta Standing up for a student-first approach to Alberta education
- Jan 1, 2026Michael Wagner, Western Standard Before Forever Canada, Thomas Lukaszuk targeted Alberta's homeschool families
- Jan 2026Cardus Submission to Alberta's Budget 2026 consultation
2024
- Aug 27, 2024Michael Wagner, Western Standard When socialism had a foothold in Alberta's public schools
- Aug 20, 2024Michael Wagner, Western Standard There shouldn't be a law that says you must send your child to school
- Aug 13, 2024Michael Wagner, Western Standard How Christian activism changed Alberta's education system
- Aug 7, 2024Michael Wagner, Western Standard The left's frightening view, that children belong to the state
- May 22, 2024Catharine Kavanagh, Cardus, in The Hub Independent schools are a win-win. Alberta needs to step up and get on board
- Mar 2024Cardus Exploring Alberta's Independent School Landscape
- Mar 18, 2024Michael Wagner, Western Standard You can't brainwash kids in private schools, and the left hates that
Earlier
- Sept 6, 2023Michael Wagner, Western Standard American progressives hate Alberta homeschoolers
- Jan 22, 2023Michael Wagner, Western Standard Christian schools threatened by NDP sexual agenda
- Oct 22, 2022Jeff Park, Western Standard It's time parents had a seat at the table
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