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Nhung Tran-Davies to take anguished and angry parental concerns about...
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Pt. 8 Parents losing faith in public schools over Alberta Education’s new math curriculum: “Don’t experiment with my children!” On Tuesday, Nhung Tran-Davies, a mom and...
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Alberta teacher breaks gag order from bosses and speaks out about classroom...
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Part 14: Inside story of one teacher’s struggles with new discovery math orthodoxy: “I will continue to be disciplined repeatedly (you should see my personnel file!)...
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More than 6,000 Albertans have signed the math petition. So when will parents...
THORSBY, AB. JANUARY 17, 2014- Nhung Tran-Davies, has started up a math petition to change the math curriculum for children. She has done so to help all kids, but also because her daughter Kenya, 8,...
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Education Minister Jeff Johnson criticizes Journal columnist David Staples...
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Part 16: Minister Jeff Johnson: “It’s regrettable that the complexities of this issue continue to be ignored.” This just in from Education Minister Jeff Johnson, his...
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Alberta Education’s radical curriculum reforms will damage economy, limit our...
Five ways the Alberta government’s radical “Inspiring Education” plan for transforming our schools will hurt our children Blog Editor’s note: Stuart Wachowicz, the former director of curriculum for...
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Manitoba Education Minister takes a swipe at Alberta’s “not as successful”...
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Pt 38: Manitoba shows Alberta and Ontario the way to recovery … More than a year ago, the Manitoba government dumped major elements of the discovery/inquiry elementary...
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The Progressive Conservatives say 96 per cent of Alberta’s school kids are...
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Part 40: Fact-checking the most recent Progressive Conservative claims about Alberta’s PISA math results Premier Dave Hancock and his Progressive Conservative leadership...
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How much are massive U.S. textbook companies driving Alberta’s discovery math...
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Pt. 41: Struggling Alberta could follow other provinces and move to JUMP math, an inexpensive and excellent math program for young students. So why isn’t Alberta...
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Sharon Friesen: “Multiple strategies are not taught and learned for the sake...
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Pt. 42: University of Calgary’s Friesen speaks out: “I am no fan of the current (math) program, but then, I also wasn’t a fan of the previous program of studies...
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Alberta government makes progress on fixing badly broken math curriculum, but ….
The Great Canadian Math Debate, Pt. 44: Tran-Davies has met with Education Minister Jeff Johnson and made real progress on fixing our math curriculum, but standard arithmetic still needs to be a...
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It’s time for the fad discovery math fixation to end, says C.D. Howe...
Math experts speaking out, but will new NDP Education Minister Dave Eggen reject the ill-advised Progressive Conservative approach to educational reform? This in from University of Winnipeg math...
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As new school curriculum looms, Alberta parents say math woes unresolved
Teaching changes that were supposed to nudge Alberta’s math curriculum back toward traditional methods have failed to satisfy parents across the province, says one of the movement’s most vocal...
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David Staples: Math reforms bring hope for our most vulnerable students
It’s a new school year. It might also be a new and more equitable era for Alberta education. There’s no hope for more equity in Alberta if our schools fail to take our most vulnerable kids and give...
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