Alberta government restoring yearly class size and complexity tracking in wake of teacher strike

In an attempt to improve learning conditions for students after a historic Alberta teacher strike, the provincial government is collecting classroom data to guide where additional funding should be spent.

It’s a reversal from 2019, when the United Conservative government halted the collection of class size data and stopped funding that was aimed at keeping classes smaller for younger students.

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In an interview on Friday, Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said the province wants school division data on not only class sizes, but also the numbers of teachers and educational assistants — inside and outside classrooms, the number of students with diagnosed disabilities or medical needs, counts of Engl