Reading Time: 4 minutes The Black Graduate Students’ Association has helped build a more inclusive university for all students
Tag: Alberta education
U of A receives $48.3 million in provincial funding to expand enrolment
Reading Time: 3 minutes Funding will allow for 2,000 more students in the next three years
Helping young learners bounce back from COVID disruptions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Literacy lessons tailored to early grade-schoolers with reading difficulties show promising results
Edmonton-based startup teaching elementary students code
Reading Time: 4 minutes Local startup founded by U of A graduates teaches basics of programming in more than 30 Edmonton-area schools
Alberta throws a stick of dynamite into education system
Reading Time: 4 minutes Being tested and labelled at an early age can have a devastating effect on a child’s self-esteem and intellectual potential
Good news for Canadian education – and cause for concern
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite excellent recent PISA results, Canadians shouldn’t be complacent. From 2015 to 2018, scores fell in all three subjects
Federal student job program puts Alberta at the back of the class
Reading Time: 4 minutes Study finds no link between the circumstances in the local economy, student unemployment and the level of subsidies handed out. So is it all political?
Student performance declines despite spending hikes in Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Policy-makers in Edmonton and in school districts around the province must learn from other jurisdictions
Don’t blame Alberta teachers for declining math grades
Reading Time: 3 minutes When a province mandates a single curriculum, it eliminates diversity and experimentation that can lead to better methods
Academic results another reason to support school choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes In British Columbia, independent schools outperform public schools in academic achievement