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‘A big mess’: Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike
The toolkit’s lessons misalign with Alberta’s curriculum and confuse students, with 740,000 affected during the largest teachers’ strike in provincial history, experts say.
- On Oct. 10, 2025, the Alberta government posted an online lessons 'tool kit' for parents to support about 740,000 students during the provincial teachers' strike, Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said it helps students pick up where they left off.
- Following a government lockout Thursday, teachers began their walkout Monday as the two sides, set to resume bargaining next week, remain divided over wages, overcrowding and student supports.
- Reviewers flagged the nearly 200-page "tool kit" for inconsistent topics, grade mismatches like Grade 1 students given Grade 3 tasks, and links to external sites including BBC, IMF, UN, and Canadian Encyclopedia.
- Some parents said the materials were daunting and they are not using them, with Erika Filson of Airdrie and Jacqueline Renfrow among those hiring tutors or relying on family help.
- Experts cautioned that the kit's format clashes with how teachers build learning over days, noting education experts say it undercuts depth; Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides denied AI curation, saying ministry staff developed the lessons.
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'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike (Alberta)
An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent." Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the nearly 200-page "tool kit" hops from one topic to...
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