Alberta School Boards Association to Debate Contentious Items
The Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA) will be meeting in Edmonton November 18-20th. Two contentious items are on the agenda. The first is item 4P, which calls for mandated fully-funded half-time kindergarten...
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School Choice Debate in Calgary Herald
On Tuesday, Calgary Herald columnist Naomi Lakritz argued that parents should not be able to opt their children out of lessons on religion and sexuality. PCE Executive Director Garnett Genuis sent in...
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PCE on Sun News
Parents for Choice in Education Executive Director Garnett Genuis will be speaking with Brian Lilley tonight on Byline on Sun News Network. The show is on in Alberta from 7-8pm.
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Letter for Minister Johnson
We are asking our members and supporters to write to the Minister of Education, and to their MLAs, encouraging them to add our proposed new sections to the Education Act. As explained...
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PCE Response to the New Education Act: Does not Attack, Fails to Defend
Parents for Choice in Education has carefully reviewed the new Education Act (Bill 3) put forward by the government. It is a very long bill, which deals with many different aspects of...
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Alberta Government Introduces New Education Act
Today, the government of Alberta introduced a new Education Act. The Act is substantially different from the Act introduced this spring. We are currently reviewing the act to determine if it contains...
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Amended Version of Education Act Coming this Fall
It is becoming increasingly clear the Alberta government’s new Education Act will be re-introduced this fall, but will be different in certain respects from the previous 2 versions of the act which...
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Addressing Bullying in our Schools
The tragic suicide of BC teen Amanda Todd has put the issue of bullying back into the public spot-light. Bullying has always been a problem, but modern technology puts many new and...
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Can Catholic Schools Be Catholic?
A furor is emerging in Ontario about whether or not Catholic schools can teach Catholic teaching, in cases where those teaching may be deemed to contradict current ideas about human rights. It...
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LifeSiteNews Covers Parents for Choice in Education
LifeSiteNews, a prominent Canadian socially conservative news website, has written a great article about our work at Parents for Choice in Education. You can read the article here. We thank them for...
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Do PATs work?
In a recent editorial, the Rocky View Weekly called for more innovative testing instruments, suggesting that the current Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) are old-fashioned and do not effectively measure student progress. You...
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Politics in the Classroom
Sun News is reporting that the BC Teacher's Federation has put out a new lesson plan which involves presenting one side (and only one side) of the debate about the Northern Gateway...
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"Proposed Toronto gay-centric school focus of public forum"
A former student trustee in Toronto has recently proposed that the Toronto District School Board create a gay-centric school in Toronto. The school would be open to all, but would focus specifically...
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'Free Schools' Growing in US and UK
Evidence from the United States and the United Kingdom shows that giving schools more independence and flexibility can significantly increase their effectiveness. As explained in this Economist article (at the bottom of...
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No Zero?
At the end of last week, Edmonton Public school teacher Lynden Dorval was fired for insisting on giving students a mark of 0 when they fail to complete required work. Lynden's case...
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Lawsuit Filed in Ontario over Parental Authority
A Hamilton-area father has announced that he is suing the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board over their decision to prevent him from pulling his children out of lessons which conflict with their family’s...
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Teacher Contract Negotiations Ongoing
Contract negotiations are ongoing between the provincial government, school boards, and the Alberta Teacher's Association. Teacher compensation is not a central focus of our organization, but plays an important role in the...
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MLAs Are Listening, Keep Calling
Congratulations to all of you who have been calling your MLAs, the Education Minister, and other politicians about the new Education Act, which we expect will be introduced this fall. MLAs have...
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Reminder - Call Your MLA Today
Alberta's government caucus will be discussing the content of the new Education Act TOMORROW. We expect that the Act will be introduced this fall. This Act will touch on many different kinds...
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