Alberta Education

• ‘Wild West’: Teachers, experts call for unified policies to address AI in classrooms

  Educators across Canada are grappling with how best to incorporate AI in their classrooms while fostering critical thinking and intellectual honesty.

  Tech

  Sep 4
  
• Alberta Education launches review after child hit with belt at private religious school

  Alberta's education minister has the authority to investigate registered independent schools, and shut them down if the school doesn't comply with the province's regulations.

  Education

  Aug 5
  
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• Lethbridge Polytechnic creating new projects to strengthen bail risk assessments

  Instructor and researcher Jami Albright-Tolman is developing a Dynamic Operational Risk Assessment tool to strengthen police recommendations to Crown prosecutors and the judiciary.

  Education

  Jun 5
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• Political neutrality mandate in Alberta classrooms offensive to teachers, union says

  The President of the Alberta Teachers Association says it's unfair of the provincial government to suggest Alberta teachers don't act with integrity in the classroom.

  Education

  Apr 1
• Alberta to mandate teachers be balanced on all issues, pushing neutrality in schools

  Alberta's UCP government has tabled a bill to make sweeping changes to teacher conduct and education priorities that it claims will make classrooms free from politics and ideology.

  Politics

  Mar 31
• University of Lethbridge research could shift how cancer is treated

  In a combined effort, researchers from the University of Lethbridge helped discover a critical function of a specific ribonucleic acid in the growth of cancer cells.

  Science

  Feb 26
• Alberta school boards remove dozens of library books as provincial ban in effect

  The provincial policy, announced in the fall, requires schools to remove books containing explicit images or illustrations of sexual content.

  Education

  Jan 7
• Teachers react with cynicism to Alberta government’s classroom complexity plan

  The Alberta government's "Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team" released its report on Friday, which was met with a great deal of cynicism from educators.

  Education

  Nov 21, 2025
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• Alberta government announces new classroom size and complexity committee

  Alberta's UCP government has announced creation of a new committee to address concerns about classroom size and complexity in the province's schools.

  Politics

  Nov 7, 2025
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• Calgary students stage walkouts, protests over impact of looming teachers’ strike

  Dozens of high school students staged a walkout at several Calgary high schools on Friday to show their concerns about the impact a teachers strike could have on their education.

  Education

  Oct 3, 2025