The Government of Alberta has increased its education budget by 4.5% in 2025-2026, and has allocated $184M to hire 4,000 new education staff. This includes teachers, bus drivers, and educational assistants. About $55M is set aside to address classroom complexity, which includes both the training and recruitment of educational assistants.
The Wild Rose School Board, which serves the area southwest of Edmonton, is laying off 46 educational assistants. The school board says the layoffs are due to federal funding delays related to Jordan’s Principle requests.
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Educational services
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Added on 2024-12-18
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Edmonton Region, AB
- cbc.ca
There are 200 K-12 schools currently over-capacity in Alberta, and a further 27 at 100% capacity, according to numbers from Alberta Education. The Province has committed to opening 90 new schools over the next three years, but the Alberta Teachers’ Association says additional staff and resources are needed immediately for overcrowded classrooms.
Ohpaho Secondary School opened in Leduc on September 24. The new school has 880 students and features a fine arts studio, industrial kitchen, production facility, outdoor classroom, and robotics lab.
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Educational services
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Added on 2024-10-01
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Edmonton Region, AB
- leducrep.com
The Board of Trustees for Chinook’s Edge School Division has approved a plan to allocate $1.1M of Government of Alberta funding. The funds will be spent to address enrollment pressures, hire more teachers and educational assistants, and provide technology supports for classrooms.
- Job creation
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Educational services
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Added on 2024-09-13
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Red Deer Region, AB
- rdnewsnow.com
The Government of Alberta has announced the opening of the new Foundations for the Future Charter Academy High School in north Calgary. The Government of Alberta had previously invested more than $43M in the construction of the school.
- Other type of event
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Educational services
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Added on 2024-09-09
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Calgary Region, AB
- alberta.ca