Thread by @SOSAlberta

Travis Toews right now at the Ed. choice forum: “I would fund transportation for students to go to private schools, and increase capital funding for charter schools.” #AbEd

Brian Jean: “We need to get back where we were 25 years ago in education. There are good and bad things in the draft curriculum. Math and ELA got some good reviews. Some concepts were age inappropriate. The grade 5-6 drama curriculum has some odd things.”

BJ: “Albertans were outraged when the NDP politicized the curriculum. So let’s get politics out of it.” 🙄

Rebecca Schulz: “I am proud that we listened to parents and got ideology out of the curriculum. We got a lot of things right with the draft.” Gloats about financial literacy. “We missed the mark on social studies, it wasn’t age appropriate.”

Danielle Smith says parents were confused and goes on to quote David Staples

DS throws out the Anti mask dogwhistle “kids need to see people’s mouths move.”

Todd Loewen proposes bringing in home school parents to work on the curriculum

Toews: wants to increase gr 12 diploma exam weighting

D Smith: plugs Fraser Institute and says she supports annual Canadian basic skills testing

D Smith: “there are two tracks in life: an academic track and a practical track which can result in great careers” wants to see more emphasis in Jr and Sr high on careers and the trades

D Smith: K-6 need to be told about bad touching. Gr 7-9 they need to know how babies are made. Issues about attraction and gender identity better introduced in high school

Candidates were asked a question about gender identity, race, and religion but their answers focus on parents ensuring their children are “safe” and kept informed of what kids learning in school. They keep repeating the word “safety.”
“Parent notification is a priority”