Alberta Parents' Union

Advocating for the best possible education for all Alberta students - whether that be public, separate, francophone, alternative, charter, independent, or home.

[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

Check out our full Election 2025 coverage, including survey responses from school trustee candidates in every school board district across the province:

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

School boards could have easily required transparency with regard to the pre-existing resources teachers use in your kid's classroom.

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

While education in Alberta is ultimately the Province’s responsibility, that doesn’t mean school boards are powerless.

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

Despite being elected to keep education responsive at the local level, too many trustees have acted more like political activists than advocates for students.

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

Parents overwhelmingly oppose sexually explicit content in school libraries, and they want a greater say in what their children are exposed to in the classroom.

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

If a student's school is closed, the money should follow that child to any education their family chooses to fill the gaps!

Sign our petition to Strike-Proof Alberta Students here:

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

Instead of being caught in the crossfire of regular labour disputes they are not a party to, families and their students should have an Education Continuity Allowance.

Sign our petition to Strike-Proof Alberta Students here:

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"On their visits to the Glenbow Ranch, students will see first hand how cattle are interacting with the wetlands and grasslands."

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"'We paid a lot of attention to the lighting and the acoustics and the flow in the building and how the spaces were designed specifically for our kids.'"

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"The Alberta government says it is a third of a way to its goal of opening up 60 classrooms dedicated to assisting students with mental health struggles across the province."

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"The premier’s overall goal is worthy, but the size of this announcement is shocking.

There hasn’t been anything remotely like it since July 8, 2008, when then-premier Ed Stelmach announced $4 billion in new money for carbon capture"

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"At the centre of it all is what many refer to as the true heart of the community: a pre-K to 9 public school serving about 65 kids."

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"The 24-acre parcel was put up for sale in 2020 but, with no takers, was eventually offered by the city this summer to the area’s Catholic school board for use to locate a new school."

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"My ask to you trustees is to reach out to these other school authorities that do not use seclusion rooms, learn about the approaches that they use, and begin implementing those successful strategies"

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"The ideological extremism of teacher unions and school board organizers won’t let them grasp what a regular taxpayer would see as a historic capital investment in education: the [announcement] of $8.6 billion for school construction"

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"While phones may be the worst culprits for distraction from learning during the school day, the 'educational' screens many children are using in their classrooms, like Chromebooks, tablets, or laptops, are also hurting academic outcomes."

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"Education surveys commissioned by teachers’ unions can be problematic, especially if it’s obvious to respondents that the instruments contain loaded questions reflecting the strong preferences of their sponsors."

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

Study shows mandatory class size caps are likely to increase the gap between the richest and poorest students. This is because inexperienced teachers will be even more over-represented than they are now in high-poverty classrooms.

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"Like many other studies on the visualizer-verbalizer style dimension, there was no evidence to support the learning style principle... it is best to be skeptical of recommendations to individualize instruction based on learning style."

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[Alberta Parents' Union @ABParentsUnion]

"It represents a new approach to reading education that experts hope will spare hundreds of children the misery of failure.

... the Alberta Teachers' Association criticized the move"

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