At an elementary school in Hinton, Alta., two of its five vacant teaching positions were never filled before classes started in September. In a small school, it’s the kind of situation that leads to larger...
Tamara Kovitch’s 10-year-old daughter used to see a speech language pathologist at school three times a week to help with her dyslexia and dysgraphia, a neurological condition that affects writing ability. Now, because of budget...
On the second day of a teachers’ strike that has temporarily shuttered schools across Alberta, the education minister signalled a willingness to negotiate how many new staff members need to be hired, but added he’s...
It is day one of a strike by Alberta’s 51,000 teachers. The job action by the members of the Alberta Teachers Association is affecting 700,000 students across 2,500 public, separate and francophone schools in the...
