ATA President Jason Schilling. (Alberta Teachers' Association)

By Canadian Press

k-6 Curriculum

Group representing Alberta teachers revives concerns over school curriculum

Sep 29, 2021 | 12:00 PM

EDMONTON – A group representing Alberta teachers is rekindling fierce opposition to the government’s proposed curriculum for kindergarten to Grade 6 students.

The Alberta Teachers’ Association surveyed more than 6,500 teachers about the plan and says there is a moral imperative for the United Conservative government to hear their concerns.

Teachers surveyed said it reads like a curriculum from the 1950s and lacks a clear vision and goal.

“This curriculum is based on ideological, antiquated ideas of what children should learn, by those who seem to have no experience with teaching in Albertan, or even Canadian, classrooms,” said Jason Schilling, the president of the ATA.

“If this curriculum moves ahead, Alberta’s kids will get left behind and be set up for failure in the 21st century.”

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The review notes that hundreds of Alberta teachers raised concerns when the curriculum was first released in March.

They said it skews toward Eurocentric history, is full of jargon, doesn’t teach students critical thinking skills, and lacks accurate Indigenous perspectives.

The curriculum is to be fully implemented next September.

(The Canadian Press)