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March 2025

Analyzing the Budget with Chris Gallaway and Dr. Wing Li (Progress Alberta, March 5)
$9.9B not enough to save school system ‘at a breaking point’, says ATA (CTV Edmonton, March 5)

October 2024

Edmonton education support staff vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action (CTV Edmonton, Oct. 17)
Province mulls changes to Alberta school funding model (CTV Edmonton, Oct. 7)

September 2024

No public money should build private schools in Alberta (Radio Interview, 630 CHED, Sept. 24)
'A cultural shift': Canadian schools navigating new world of cellphone bans (Canadian Press, Sept. 24)
Alberta's $8.6B school plan prompts concerns over funding of private builds (CTV News Calgary, Sept. 18)
UCP's hurry-up plan to build more schools is too little too late, critics say (Calgary Herald, Sept. 18)
9 more mental health classrooms opening in communities across Alberta (CTV Edmonton, Sept. 11)

June 2024

School overcrowding could force Calgary students into rec centres, office buildings (CityNews Calgary, June 12)

May 2024

Alberta Education asks parents about cellphone use in schools (Calgary Herald, May 2)
Petition highlights overcrowding concerns at north Calgary schools (CTV News Calgary, May 1)
Reactions mixed after Edmonton Public Schools votes to reinstate school resource officers (CTV News Edmonton, May 1)

April 2024

Reintroducing school resource officers puts racialized students at risk: education advocate (CityNews Edmonton, April 30)

March 2024

Reactions mixed on Alberta’s 2024 budget (CityNews Edmonton, Mar. 1)
​Alberta solidifies funding for new schools (CityNews Calgary, Mar. 1)

February 2024

Alberta Budget 2024: Province to spend more on staff at K-12 schools (Calgary Herald, Feb. 29)
Alberta student advocacy group calls on province to prioritize K-12 students in Budget 2024 (CityNews Calgary, Feb. 24)
Pancholi pitches full-day kindergarten and more supports for students (Progress Report, Feb. 23, 2024)
Advocates fear loss of schools as safe space amid gender pronouns policy (Calgary Herald, Feb. 17, 2024)

January 2024

New parental rights policy criticized (CTV Edmonton, Jan. 29, 2024)
​CBE gets additional $6.2 million for historically high enrolment, but advocates say more help needed (Calgary Herald, Jan. 18, 2024)

December 2023

Calgary schools bursting at the seams as officials wait on much-needed funding (Calgary Herald, Dec. 16, 2023)
Catholic schools estimate $5 million in new enrolment funding, as public schools still wait (Calgary Herald, Dec. 6, 2023)

November 2023

Alberta announces $30M to address high student enrolment, ATA calls it a 'drop in the bucket' (CTV Calgary, Nov. 28, 2023)
Alberta announces funding to help schools cope with enrollment growth (CityNews, Nov. 28, 2023)
​Alberta government injects $30M into crammed classrooms (CBC News, Nov. 28, 2023)

October 2023

Nearly 600 new public school teachers added in Calgary following fall hiring blitz (Calgary Herald, Oct. 11, 2023)

August 2023

Alberta parents question class sizes, student supports with start of new school year (Global News, Aug. 31, 2023)
Calgary public schools struggling to hire enough teachers as enrolment skyrockets (Calgary Herald, Aug. 30, 2023)

June 2023

Advocates say Alberta provincial exams are unnecessary as students gear up for finals (CityNews, June 13, 2023)

May 2023

To beat a bold right wing in Alberta, Rachel Notley bets on timidity (The Breach, May 24)
School pulls out of newly announced Charter Hub over 'certainties' (Calgary Herald, May 23)
Tight election race has parties playing it safe on hot-button election issues (Calgary Herald, May 20)
Why we must restore class size reporting (audio, CHQR The Drive, May 15)​
Public education advocates want a return to class-size reporting (Calgary Herald, May 13)
​Changes to Alberta's Education curriculum driven by American 'culture war' politics & the religious right, experts say (PressProgress, May 9)

April 2023

Public Interest Alberta prepares blueprint for public education prior to election (Sylvan Lake News, April 30)
New data shows Danielle Smith's Education Plan benefits the wealthiest socioeconomic households (PressProgress, April 27)​
New charter school hub will house multiple schools, open 2,000 student spaces, Alberta announces (Calgary Herald, April 19)

March 2023

Funding available to increase support staff in Alberta classrooms (Red Deer Advocate, March 20)
As wait lists grow, charter schools await UCP funding for expansion (Calgary Herald, March 19)
Families fear crowded classrooms as UCP funds only two Calgary projects (Calgary Herald, March 2)
Province announces plans for priority school projects across Alberta (Global News, March 1)
Calgary education budget gets a funding bump (CTV Calgary, March 1)

March 2022

Calgary charter school operators happy with provincial investment, while some are concerned public education suffers (CTV Calgary, March 15)

August 2021

Advocacy group creates letter-writing tool raising COVID concerns for schools (Calgary Herald)
​Parents, staff and students confused, anxious about lack of COVID-19 safety guidance for Alberta schools (Globe & Mail)
Alberta COVID-19 policy shift raising concerns for parents, teachers before school year (Global News)

July 2021

Red Deer Public Schools wait for more on COVID-19 protocols from province (Red Deer Advocate)
​Lethbridge students about 4 weeks away from normal back-to-school after provincial announcement (Global News)
​Parents, teachers say COVID-19 will 'run rampant' in Alberta schools after pandemic policy change (CTV News Calgary)