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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An Event for the Protection of Home Education in Alberta
This is not a PCE sponsored event, but PCE has been invited to speak at this meeting. We encourage all homeschooling parents to attend this meeting and invite other home school families...
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PCE Opposes Polarizing ATA Prism Toolkit-Let us give you a voice
. The Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA), a union body that is supposed to support and represent all teachers across our pluralistic, multicultural province, has released a polarizing document for use in Alberta...
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HSLDA is Coming to Alberta-To Support Wisdom Home Education Families
HSLDA (Home School Defence League Association) is coming to Alberta in order to offer support to families impacted by the sudden and unprecedented closure of Wisdom/Trinity Christian School Association. These will be...
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PCE Statement on Closure of Trinity Christian School Association
Four Fundamental Concerns for Students Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) learned about the Government of Alberta’s cancellation of registration and accreditation of the Trinity Christian School Association (Wisdom) via the media...
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Parents Need to Know: A can't miss INSIGHT interview!
What parents don’t know CAN hurt. Learn more about changes in Alberta schools! (Interview is titled: "Gender Guidelines Debate" on Miracle Channel's INSIGHT) Did you know… - Certain school board policies specifically...
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Alberta Education Curriculum Survey: What To Consider
Minister Eggen has released an education survey seeking input from the Alberta electorate on the six-year revamp of Alberta curriculum. The survey closes in one month, on November 18, 2016. REVIEW...
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School Act-Parent and Student Rights
Parents for Choice in Education receives regular inquiries from membership regarding parental rights vs. student rights as relates to the School Act. We have received this breakdown from legal counsel.This Parental and...
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Gay Straight Alliances-Researching the Research
Parents for Choice in Education concludes that more research must be done to ensure that Bill 10 will actually result in safer schools and healthier students, as the polar opposite, great harm,...
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Two Actions for Parent Choice in Education you can take today!
Action #1 There is a committee review of the Child Youth and Advocate Act that is taking place that is deeply concerning as amendments to this act could have the potential to detrimentally affect...
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PCE Response to Minister Eggen's Facebook letter to Alberta children
Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) is sharing this open letter, written to Minister Eggen in response to his own open letter on Facebook to Alberta children dated August 16, 2016.We encourage all Albertans...
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'Alberta Can't Wait' Campaign Speaks Out On Troubles in Alberta Education
Parents for Choice in Education is non-partisan. We seek to share all the information we have on all parties and contenders around issues in education and parent choice. We share the clearest...
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