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Students in grades 7 to 12 at Calgary public and Catholic schools will temporarily shift to at-home learning for at least two weeks, the province announced Wednesday, as it reported more than 1,400 new COVID-19 cases across Alberta.
Alberta Education said it approved requests from both the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District to shift to virtual classrooms starting Monday, due to a chronic substitute teacher shortage and a “significant number of students and staff” in quarantine or isolation. It also cited recent requests for short-term shifts for a number of schools and “substantial COVID-19 cases in the community.”
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As teachers demand a moratorium on the UCP’s controversial draft curriculum for K-6 students, a growing number of Alberta boards including Calgary public schools is rejecting the government’s request to pilot it.
But questions remain around how the Alberta Teachers’ Association will manage the new content if the UCP pushes ahead with the expected implementation by the fall of 2022.
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“This curriculum is not fit for students,” ATA president Jason Schilling said Thursday after issuing a moratorium and request for an open review and independent rewrite of documents released by the UCP in late March.
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Students in grades 7 to 12 at Calgary public and Catholic schools will temporarily shift to at-home learning for at least two weeks, the province announced Wednesday, as it reported more than 1,400 new COVID-19 cases across Alberta.
Alberta Education said it approved requests from both the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District to shift to virtual classrooms starting Monday, due to a chronic substitute teacher shortage and a “significant number of students and staff” in quarantine or isolation. It also cited recent requests for short-term shifts for a number of schools and “substantial COVID-19 cases in the community.”
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