Sunday reflection on #COVID19AB . What we are witnessing is the failure of individualism, the idea that we are only individuals and as Margaret Thatcher famously said, society does not exist. (1/n) Throughout the pandemic, conservatives (not just Kenney) have argued that we can only respond to COVID as individuals protecting our own interests, i.e. our personal surivival. (2/n)

I worked in the Science Expert Working Group in the K-12 curriculum review conducted during the NDP government. So I am particularly interested in the science component of the draft curriculum published today. #abed #abpoli #ableg (1/11) We produced a draft K-4 curriculum that was to be field tested the year the UCP took over government. Here are some links to compare the two documents:
twitdoc.com/BA1I (Previous Science Intro)
twitdoc.com/BA1J (Previous Science K-4)
curriculum.learnalberta.ca/curriculum/en (Today)

I was involved in the curriculum review before the UCP came in, in the area of science. Given what I know about the process, I have some thoughts about the document that has come to light in K-4 social studies. 1/10 In the previous process, AB Ed curriculum specialists led meetings with hundreds of teachers, plus some content experts like myself. We met periodically for 3 days at a time. 2/10