Face-to-Face Consultations on Education Act Regulations
The provincial government's consultations into the new regulations that will come in under the education act are ongoing. If you have not yet had a chance to fill out the survey associated...
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Find Your Local Trustee Candidates
Elections for Public and Catholic School Boards across the province are now in full swing. Often, municipal elections tend to get most of the attention, but school trustee elections are just as...
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The Case for Expanding Alberta's Charter Schools
Parents for Choice has been getting a lot of media attention lately. In addition to being on Alberta Primetime, we've just had a column from our Executive Director published in C2C Journal....
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Parents for Choice on Alberta Primetime - With Video
Yesterday, Parents for Choice's Executive Director was on Primetime to discuss the changes coming to standardized testing in Alberta. You can watch the video here. We believe that standardized testing is important...
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PCE Representative to Speak on Alberta Primetime
Garnett Genuis with Parents for Choice in Education will be on Alberta Primetime tonight at 6pm and 11pm, talking about Alberta's new approach to standardized testing. As an organization, we support standardized...
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German Family Targeted in Home Schooling Raid
In Germany, home education is illegal. This law is a great travesty, a violation of the fundamental rights all parents have as the primary educators of their children. On August 29th, one...
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Slate Article Claims: If You Send Your Kid to Private School, You Are a Bad Person
This article appeared in Slate a few days ago, claiming that you are a bad person if you send your children to a private school. Reading this, I wondered at first if...
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C.D. Howe Report on School Performance in Alberta
The C.D. Howe Institute just put out a report on the performance of Alberta schools. It's a very interesting read, and you can access it directly here. This is a valuable tool...
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Great Article from the UK on Political Bias in Education
I recently stumbled across this article and thought I'd share it with you. It's a good analysis of how political bias in education can influence the thinking of young people. It is...
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Education Act Regulations - Take the Survey
As mentioned in a previous post, the government is current undertaking consultations related to the recently-passed education act. The new act establishes an overall framework, but some of the specifics of way...
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Milton Friedman on School Choice
Milton Friedman is well known for his economic ideas. Perhaps less well known are his views on education. However, Friedman believed that the single thing that would do the most to improve...
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Implementing Alberta's new Education Act - The Regulations
Alberta passed a new education act last fall. The debate around the education act was a central focus for us and for other organizations concerned about parental...
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Does One-Size-Fits-All Education Help Students Integrate?
One of the main arguments for one-size-fits-all education has long been that students who attend public schools are more likely to be integrated citizens of their community. The theory is that students...
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Edmonton Public Schools Puts Pressure on Charter Schools
Edmonton Public Schools is trying to push the provincial government to give them capital dollars for new schools, but also to allow them to sell off school currently being leased to charter...
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Retiring Pioneer in School Choice in Alberta Celebrated
On Friday, I had the honour of attending a retirement celebration for Strathcona Christian Academy Principle Jim Seutter. Jim has been the principle of that school for 33 years, and was a...
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'Left Behind' Event a Great Success
Parents for Choice in Education was pleased to host international school choice expert David Seymour for a talk on June 13th about the economics of school choice, and about how our system...
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Inequality in Schools
An organization in Ontario called People for Education recently released a report about inequalities in public education. Some public schools, they argue, are doing better than others. This is because schools in...
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Left Behind: David Seymour Event Tomorrow in Edmonton
Parents for Choice in Education is pleased to be welcoming David Seymour, international school choice expert, to Edmonton on June 13th. Alberta’s education system was once internationally renowned for both choice and...
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Grant Persecuted Home Educators Asylum
Parents have a fundamental right to raise their children in a way that reflects their values. Parents are responsible for the education of their children – they can delegate that responsibility to...
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David Staples advocates yearly testing
Edmonton Journal columnist makes an eloquent defence of standardized testing in this column, and suggests that the new revised tests should take place on an annual basis. What he proposes is similar...
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New Standardized Testing Must Assess Knowledge as well as Skill
Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) is calling on the Government of Alberta to clarify certain aspects of their proposed changes to standardized testing. Assessments must measure what students are learning and...
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Government Announces Major Standardized Testing Overhaul
The Alberta government has announced a major overhaul of the way standardized testing is done in Alberta. You can read about it here, and listen to the press conference here. Parents for...
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The Fast Track to University
I recently stumbled across this article about one home educating family in Alabama. Many different families home educate in different ways and put emphasis on different kinds of things. In this case,...
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Sexually Explicit Education
In Germany, a book released in 1991 has been circulating through Berlin’s first grade classrooms. Graphically illustrated, “Where Do You Come From?” teaches children ages 5 and up about stages of sexual...
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Fraser Institute Releases High School Rankings
The Fraser Institute rates high schools across Alberta on an annual basis based on their academic performance. This provides critical information to parents which they can use when selecting a high school...
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