K-12 Education
| $5M deficit expected despite job cuts and tapping reserves By Sarah McGinnis, Calgary Herald |
| By Don Braid, Calgary Herald The government is giving Alberta's education system a dose of health-care medicine; fiscal starvation now, to be followed at some distant point by a gush of relief funding. This destructive pattern laid waste to health care... |
| Calgary Catholic school class sizes to grow this fall By Sarah McGinis, Calgary Herald After 15 years of almost steadily shrinking class sizes, forecasted job losses will force classes to grow in the Calgary Catholic School District this fall. Calgary... |
| Appeals for more provincial funding The Edmonton public school board is warning that some teachers may lose their jobs and class sizes could increase if it doesn't get more funding from the provincial government. The board has been told by Alberta it won... |
| By Deborah Tetley And Richard Cuthbertson, Calgary Herald |
| Heather Welwood, president of the Alberta School Boards Association Photograph by: Archive, Calgary Herald By Sarah McGinnis, Calgary Herald After years of recording increasing surpluses, Alberta school boards have experienced a $33-million hit to their... |
| By Amanda Stephenson, Medicine Hat News astephenson@medicinehatnews.com One day after both of Medicine Hat’s school boards voted to eliminate full-time kindergarten programming, parents and child care operators are scrambling to adjust to the new reality... |
| Parkdale, McCauley, Eastwood, Capilano, Fulton Place schools will close at the end of June |
| Are we about to give up Alberta’s education advantage? Over the past five years or so, Alberta has either been in first or second place in terms of spending, as befits Canada’s wealthiest province. But when it comes to Alberta’s approach to education... |
