Instead of walking into their classrooms on Monday, some 51,000 Alberta teachers walked off the job, triggering the province’s first teachers’ strike in its history.

It comes after more than a year of failed contract talks between the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) and the provincial government — including two rejected offers — with higher wages and increased staffing among the main sticking points.

But class (sort of) remains in session for the more than 730,000 students who’ve been affected by the job action, with the province posting an online learning toolkit of lessons, as well as a stipend of $30 a day to help families whose children are now at home. Teachers, however, will not be monitoring or assessing work during this time, so who’s to say what degree of learning will reali

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