Alberta teachers demand more hires and smaller classes as strike stretches into its sixth day – The Times of India

Alberta teachers demand more hires and smaller classes as strike stretches into its sixth day – The Times of India

Alberta teachers demand more hires and smaller classes as strike stretches into its sixth day Alberta’s teachers’ strike has now entered its sixth day, affecting roughly 740,000 students across 2,500 schools, as reported by The Globe and Mail. On Tuesday, the provincial government and the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) met for the first time since…

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Teacher strike exposes growing tensions over Alberta’s multi-million-dollar support for private schools – The Times of India

Teacher strike exposes growing tensions over Alberta’s multi-million-dollar support for private schools – The Times of India

Alberta’s decades-long practice of partially funding private schools has come under renewed scrutiny as public schools remain closed for the third day due to a teachers’ strike. More than 700,000 students are affected while 50,000 public, Catholic, and francophone teachers remain off the job.The debate has intensified following the approval of a citizen-initiated petition by…

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