If you're wondering why Alberta teachers overwhelmingly have no confidence in the Education Minister, here is a brief history of @AdrianaLaGrange's tenure.
Spoiler: she has been out to destroy public education from the start.
🧵 THREAD 1/14 #ableg #abed cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Spoiler: she has been out to destroy public education from the start.
🧵 THREAD 1/14 #ableg #abed cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
She began by forcing school boards to remove the word “public” from their name. 2/ #ableg #abed cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Then the UCP's 2019 budget gutted Education funding by failing to provide a single dollar to cover the extra *15,000* students entering schools. Not one dollar.
And that was after promising to fund enrollment growth. Another UCP lie. 3/ #abed #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
And that was after promising to fund enrollment growth. Another UCP lie. 3/ #abed #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…
She then forced school boards to deplete their reserves simply in order to fund their operations. 4/ #abed #ableg cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
She then introduced a bill to bring more privatized education to Alberta - and continue to justify cuts to the public system. 5/ #abed #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The UCP scrapped the Regional Service Delivery Program, which means kids who are blind, deaf or hard-of hearing won't have access to speech pathologists, occupational therapists, etc. 6/ #abed #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…
The UCP cut PUF funding for kindergarten. This was a program that supported special needs kids. Without it, they could be left behind.
@AdrianaLaGrange told parents this funding would be maintained - another UCP lie. 7/ #ableg #abed cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
@AdrianaLaGrange told parents this funding would be maintained - another UCP lie. 7/ #ableg #abed cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
Throughout all of this, teachers were also dealing with the fact that the UCP hijacked their pensions. 8/ #abed #ableg #handsoffmypension teachers.ab.ca/News%20Room/Is…
After the UCP's audit failed to find any evidence of "reckless spending" at the Calgary Board of Education, Minister Adriana LaGrange threatened to fire the board anyway.
That's how hostile the UCP is to public education. Evidence doesn't matter 9/ #ableg cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
That's how hostile the UCP is to public education. Evidence doesn't matter 9/ #ableg cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
"A laughing stock", "utter nonsense", "regressive", "racist" and showing "no familiarity with how children think and learn": that's what experts think of curriculum recommendations from Minister LaGrange's handpicked advisers. #ableg #abed 10/ cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
Seriously, this curriculum is a disaster. Fifty-eight out of sixty-one school boards are refusing to pilot it. It needs to go. 11/ #ableg #abed edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…
When the pandemic struck, Minister LaGrange could have stepped in with extra support for teachers, students and schools. Instead, she used it as an opportunity to lay off 20,000+ education workers. 20,000! An incredible pink slip binge. 12/ #ableg #abed calgaryherald.com/opinion/braid-…
Throughout the pandemic, while teachers have gone to incredible lengths to support Alberta students, they have received zero support from this Minister. Instead, she has consistently ignored and disrespected them, just as she did in her response to today's vote. 13/ #ableg #abed
The UCP and Minister LaGrange are conducting a concerted, deliberate, and sustained attack on public education in Alberta.
Thank you, teachers, for standing up to them today and always. #ableg #abed 14/14 END
Thank you, teachers, for standing up to them today and always. #ableg #abed 14/14 END
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