Alberta’s pursuit of a new K-12 public school curriculum has been a long slog. An ambitious curriculum re-development project was initiated by a Progressive Conservative government in 2008. The project was continued by the NDP government after it defeated the Conservatives in 2015. With the defeat of the NDP in
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Dead Wild Roses: Diversity Versus Excellence
More fact finding today – It is interesting the amount of discomfort I’ve felt while reading passages like this. We’ve all been inculcated, to one degree or another, on how important ‘Diversity’ is in our society, yet have we foregrounded the wrong concept? The pursuit of excellence though, if
Continue readingdaveberta.ca – Alberta Politics: Thank you to the teachers who helped spark my interest in Alberta politics
Today is World Teachers’ Day, which is held annually on 5 October as part of a UNESCO initiative to appreciate, assess, and improve the educators of the world. In this spirit, almost everyone can name a teacher they had in school who… Continue Reading →
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