Opposition to K-6 curriculum draft grows as 11,723 parents sign petition Albertans have spoken up loud and clear about this curriculum and they are giving it a failing grade, said NDP Education critic Sarah Hoffman
Author of the article: Eva Ferguson
Publishing date: Apr 29, 2021 • April 29, 2021 • 3 minute read • NDP Education Critic Sarah Hoffman, left, and concerned parent Taylor Schroeter with a petition calling on the UCP to scuttle its K-6 curriculum draft. The two appeared at a press conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Photo by Greg Southam/Postmedia
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Up to 41 school districts, representing nearly three-quarters of Alberta students, have now confirmed they will not pilot the UCP government’s K-6 draft curriculum, according to the Opposition NDP.
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Just days from the end of his third year of university, Justin Gotta has no job prospects as he stares down a second summer with looming student loans and higher tuition in what feels like a never-ending pandemic.
As an economics major at the University of Calgary, Gotta is required to complete a co-op work term before he can graduate by the spring of 2022.
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But after posting dozens of resumes in his field of study, Gotta hasn’t heard back for an interview, and worries he may have to push back his graduation indefinitely.
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Just days from the end of his third year of university, Justin Gotta has no job prospects as he stares down a second summer with looming student loans and higher tuition in what feels like a never-ending pandemic.
As an economics major at the University of Calgary, Gotta is required to complete a co-op work term before he can graduate by the spring of 2022.
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But after posting dozens of resumes in his field of study, Gotta hasn’t heard back for an interview, and worries he may have to push back his graduation indefinitely.
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All three Lakeland school boards have decided they will not be piloting the new draft curriculum that would impact students in Kindergarten to Grade 6.
“In my opinion, the program is not ready to be piloted. It is not complete,” said Réginald Roy, president of Conseil scolaire Center-Est, the school board that oversees Cold Lake’s Francophone school École Voyageur.
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CSCE issued a statement on Apr. 13 saying their schools would not be piloting the new curriculum this fall.