Eva Ferguson
Calgary Sun
Calgary, AB, Canada
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CBE asks province to streamline licensing as bus driver drags on
Thirty out of 603 yellow bus routes are now without an assigned driver, according to the Calgary Board of Education → Read More
Mental health pilot to support immigrant students facing trauma, loss
Public schools are partnering with a family service agency to help kids with overwhelming mental health issues like trauma and loss. → Read More
Student absences rise again, two weeks after return from winter break
Parents continue to advocate for improved air quality measures as student absences in public schools tick up again after winter break. → Read More
Standardized test scores drop provincewide since COVID
Still struggling with pandemic learning loss, students across Alberta saw significant drops in standardized test scores last year. → Read More
CBE facing 'crisis' with $47-million deficit for vulnerable students
Advocates say special needs students have become particularly vulnerable as schools struggle to stretch limited dollars across higher needs. → Read More
Olds College and CBE unveil agricultural technology program
The Calgary Board of Education and Olds College's AgTech program aims to create efficiencies while addressing a growing labour shortage. → Read More
'Everyone is struggling': Calgary students falling behind under new math curriculum
The Alberta Teachers' Association warned this fall that students wouldn't have necessary foundations for the new curriculum → Read More
School boards look to reduce large gatherings amid high rates of illness
The new measures come almost two weeks after Premier Smith announced new regulations to ensure what she called "normal" school environments. → Read More
UCP's in-person learning rules create pressure for school staff
The Calgary Board of Education is reporting more than 1,200 teaching and support staff positions requiring substitutes. → Read More
CBE votes to close, relocate Louise Dean School for teen moms
Louise Dean School will close at its standalone location in Kensington and be relocated to the controversial Jack James High School site. → Read More
As Alberta bans mask mandates in schools, parents struggle with sick kids
Parents are struggling with the fallout of illnesses in their households and hope for targeted school mask mandates at the very least. → Read More
Parents file formal complaint against CBE for poor ventilation
Concerned parents and education advocates have filed a formal complaint against the CBE just as respiratory illness and absences are spiking → Read More
Alberta Education announces mental health supports without addressing causes
The additional money will support up to 60 "mental health pilot projects" in urban and rural areas to improve mental health in students. → Read More
‘Cloak of silence’: Parents want answers as absenteeism rises in schools
Families say they're in the dark about levels of respiratory illness and whether stronger health measures will return → Read More
Huge influx of students returning post-pandemic: fall enrolment data
Public and separate schools are facing an unprecedented influx of more than 8,000 new students combined as families return from the pandemic → Read More
Louise Dean families plead with CBE to keep standalone school open
Parents and students pleaded with officials Tuesday to keep their treasured Louise Dean School open at its existing standalone site. → Read More
Premier Smith needs to fill gaps in student mental health supports: experts
Advocates say only weeks into the first "back-to-normal" school year since the pandemic, mental health supports are not meeting demand. → Read More
Concerns raised about changes to school program for teen mothers
Samantha Braet was only 16 years old when she became pregnant. → Read More
Catholic high schools aim to reduce overcrowding
With eight of its 12 high schools more than 85 per cent full, the CCSD has embarked on a year-long project to balance high-school enrolment. → Read More
Critics say new curriculum age-inappropriate and lacking resources
And because of pandemic learning loss, many students are already behind and will be unprepared for complex concepts. → Read More