Join Us! Exciting Growth Ahead for PCE!
As this 2016/17 school year draws to a close, we reflect on the busy year we have had and look forward to exciting plans ahead. This past school year we have witnessed...
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Is it Time for Catholic Educators to Leave the ATA?
Parents for Choice in Education Executive Director, Donna Trimble, has had a guest column printed in the Edmonton Journal today, May 25, 2017. The full text of the column appears below. Is...
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Happy Mother's Day; the Anniversary of the Rallies to Protect Alberta Children
Today we celebrate Mother's Day and the important bond shared between parents and their children. We also commemorate one year since the incredible simultaneous rallies to Protect Alberta Children, by upholding parental...
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Parents, Don’t Succumb to False Rhetoric; Stand for Your Children
This TSER poster identifies just how important parent support is to the health and safety of trans youth. After all, if parents aren't aware, they cannot care! Yet far too often those...
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Parental Rights in Education, Regarding Issues of Sexual Identity - An Essential Presentation
Over the past few years, Alberta’s education laws and policies have eroded parental involvement in their children’s education. In this essential presentation, John Carpay, president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF)...
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Government Endorsed Student Endangerment
The Legislature Stands United Once More Brian Jean, our Wildrose opposition leader in the Legislature, has officially stated his agreement with the NDP Education Minister David Eggen, that it is ‘not appropriate’...
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Who Are The Real Extremists?
Thousands Rally May 14, 2016, at the Calgary McDouglall Centre Who are the real extremists? Concerned parents, or those severing the parent-child bond? Welcome to the brave new world in Alberta where...
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Children Face Risks in Alberta Schools: Please Donate!
.Help Us Warn Parents On March 13, 2017 Theresa Ng, author of the blog Informed Albertans, broke the story that the taxpayer funded Alberta GSA Network, organized by the Institute for Sexual...
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The Federal Conservative Leadership Race and School Choice
Candidates with Supportive School Choice Policy When we talk about parental authority and school choice issues, the focus is usually on the provincial level - however, we would like to encourage you...
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Which Politicians Will Stand Up for Our Children!?
Open Letter to Our Elected Representatives and Candidates for Election To our elected representatives and candidates for election, You need to call out the use of public dollars going to the Institute...
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Schoolkids exposed to graphic sexual content through Alberta GSA Network
Reckless Use of Taxpayer Money Endangering Alberta Students Parents for Choice in Education is deeply concerned about graphic sexual content being readily accessible through “community support” offered to K-12 Alberta school children. We...
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Special Interests Ahead of Kids? - Calgary and Edmonton Sun Guest Column
On March 10, 2017, the Calgary and Edmonton Sun printed a guest column written by Donna Trimble, Executive Director for Parents for Choice in Education, which challenges the false premise stated by Public...
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The Edmonton Public School Board Chair Offers 'Deceptive' Choice
In the past few days the media across the province of Alberta were very busy giving voice to the view of Edmonton Public School Board Chair Michael Janz, who wants the province’s...
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Males, The Hidden Underclass
How Grade Inflation Disproportionately Impacts Male StudentsJim Dueck Ed DLow standards, measured by monitoring grade inflation, in classrooms is a horrific, longstanding problem across North America, but was relatively minor in Alberta....
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'Vague School Reporting Not Serving Student Needs'-Calgary Herald Column
A January 16, 2017 Calgary Herald article described the frustration of Calgary Board of Education (CBE) parents over vague reporting that leaves them unable to discern their children’s actual competency level in...
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Charting the Future of Math Education in Alberta
Dr. Nhung Tran-Davies has updated the 'Back to Basics' petition, explaining the state of math education in Alberta, the direction of the curriculum rewrite to date, and the fact her group...
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Testing is Important!
Why Testing is So Important Jim Dueck Ed DEveryone understands economic inflation: items cost more than they once did. For example, sixty years ago a liter of gas cost 10 cents but...
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Happy New Year to all of you: PCE Grassroots Supporters!
Happy New Year to all of you in our grassroots, who are the foundation of Parents for Choice in Education's strength, and the reason for our purpose. The battles we face in...
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Catch up on PCE News : ATA Detrimental to Education Choice
ATA Influence on AB Government detrimental to Education Choice in AB PCE knows that many teachers are doing their best to help students and many work tirelessly to improve the lives of our...
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The NDP Needs to Distance Itself from the ATA-Calgary/Edmonton Sun Column
Donna Trimble, Executive Director for Parents for Choice in Education has had a guest column published in the Calgary Sun and the Edmonton Sun on December 16, 2016, calling out the detrimental...
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AB Teachers' Union Labels Concerned Citizens as 'Fearmongers'
The Alberta Teachers' Association has described Alberta citizens as 'fearmongers' in a recent ATA News cartoon. On November 7, 2016 Donna Trimble, Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) Executive Director, penned an article...
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Progressive Conservative Candidate Education Survey
. As many of you are aware, Alberta’s Progressive Conservative (PC) party will be selecting a new leader at a convention on March 18th, 2017. There are four candidates who are currently...
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Catch up on PCE News!
Catch up on what you may have missed at Parents for Choice in Education We are close to crossing 3000 open letters sent by Alberta citizens to Minister Eggen and others...
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Bill 28 - Student Immunization Record Enforcement
PCE calls on the Alberta Government to provide the data and statistics that support the arguments that have been put forward in support of Bill 28-Public Health Amendment Act, which has passed...
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A Panel for the Protection of Home Schooling in Alberta
Parents for Choice in Education Executive Director, Donna Trimble, was honoured to be invited to speak at the Panel for the Protection of Home Schooling and thank Leslie Grey and Julie Moore for...
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