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Jeff Samsonow<p>About time! And, to be fair, this is not just an EPSB issue. It happens at schools across Alberta, but the EPSB just reports it more regularly. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-public-schools-cuts-number-of-seclusion-rooms-but-confinement-continues-1.7546393" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ed</span><span class="invisible">monton-public-schools-cuts-number-of-seclusion-rooms-but-confinement-continues-1.7546393</span></a></p>
Senator Paula Simons🇨🇦<p>Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel, is a brilliant, poignant queer coming-of-age story, a literary classic that was later turned into a Tony-Award-winning musical. It's a graphic - only in the sense that it's a graphic novel, or rather, a memoir. But it's not porn. It's not titillating. Moral panics like this make us look absurd. <a href="https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/extremely-graphic-sexual-content-found-in-books-at-k-9-schools-province-says" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calgaryherald.com/news/local-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/extremely-graphic-sexual-content-found-in-books-at-k-9-schools-province-says</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yeg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@lynwyl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lynwyl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@ned" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ned</span></a></span> </p><p>So imagine my surprise when my grade 2 'illiterate' kid begs me one day for a copy of James and the Giant Peach.</p><p>Once we're back to the car and strapped into the booster seat, my kid pulls the book out of the bag and starts reading to me.</p><p>Time outs only for eating and sleeping, they finished the book by the end of the weekend.</p><p>Attitudes like "age appropriate" for reading material is utter nonsense. </p><p>Let kids read what *interests* them!</p><p>2/2</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a></p>
Chad - x :mstdn:<p>So we’re at the book banning stage now.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a></p>
Chad - x :mstdn:<p>Deals Reached in Three Education Strikes | Business Wire</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250315941572/en/Deals-Reached-in-Three-Education-Strikes" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businesswire.com/news/home/202</span><span class="invisible">50315941572/en/Deals-Reached-in-Three-Education-Strikes</span></a></p>
Jeff Samsonow<p>Back to school this week, and a reminder that kids still get routinely locked up. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/last-resort-parents-urge-edmonton-public-schools-to-end-seclusion-rooms/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edmontonjournal.com/news/local</span><span class="invisible">-news/last-resort-parents-urge-edmonton-public-schools-to-end-seclusion-rooms/</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@McRocker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>McRocker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@CodieneC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CodieneC</span></a></span> </p><p>Sadly we've been that country for as long as I am aware. 😢</p><p>I finished my BEd-AD in 2007 and we were told even then that it was critical children had proof of citizenship or other proof of entitlement to education in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a>'s publicly-funded education system.</p><p>😢</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ABed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABed</span></a></p>
CodieneC<p>""I feel like it's been a long time since I felt really in a safe place, my hopes [for] me and my family, is to have our [permanent] residence and ... not have to worry about this," said Rodriguez, whose family came to Canada from Mexico for a safer life."<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/advocates-sound-alarm-over-children-without-status-being-denied-education-in-alberta-1.7413118" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ad</span><span class="invisible">vocates-sound-alarm-over-children-without-status-being-denied-education-in-alberta-1.7413118</span></a></p>
Chad - x :mstdn:<p>'People suffering <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LongCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongCovid</span></a> “had more worn-out or exhausted killer T cells, which are a key part of the immune system’s defence against infections.”'</p><p>Research reveals new clues to the mysteries of long COVID | University of Alberta</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.ualberta.ca/en/folio/2024/10/research-reveals-new-clues-to-the-mysteries-of-long-covid.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ualberta.ca/en/folio/2024/10/r</span><span class="invisible">esearch-reveals-new-clues-to-the-mysteries-of-long-covid.html</span></a></p>
Jeff Samsonow<p>A new school year and we're still locking kids up. Now more than ever! <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abEd</span></a> <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-public-schools-adding-25-seclusion-rooms-despite-promise-to-phase-them-out-1.7246491" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ed</span><span class="invisible">monton-public-schools-adding-25-seclusion-rooms-despite-promise-to-phase-them-out-1.7246491</span></a></p>
Jeff Samsonow<p>Very much a quiet part out loud when you are literally rallying folks against school board trustees who voted for the "current safe and caring policy". <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theprogressreport.ca/_tyranny_of_the_rainbow_guard_inside_the_anti_2slgbtq_movement_s_efforts_to_take_over_alberta_school_boards" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theprogressreport.ca/_tyranny_</span><span class="invisible">of_the_rainbow_guard_inside_the_anti_2slgbtq_movement_s_efforts_to_take_over_alberta_school_boards</span></a></p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Very Bad News for a LOT of folks at <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ualberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ualberta</span></a>: Fire closes the Humanities Building ahead of 2024 winter term </p><p><a href="https://nitter.net/lisegot/status/1742692157738439158" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nitter.net/lisegot/status/1742</span><span class="invisible">692157738439158</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpse</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abgov</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpoli</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ualberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ualberta</span></a></p>
Janet French<p>The Alberta government is actively discussing whether the province should have a policy on how schools respond when a student wants to change their name or pronouns in school.</p><p>Critics say the safety of 2SLGBTQ students shouldn't be up for discussion. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbLeg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbEd</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbPoli</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-mulls-policy-on-how-schools-address-gender-diverse-students-1.7035782" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/al</span><span class="invisible">berta-government-mulls-policy-on-how-schools-address-gender-diverse-students-1.7035782</span></a></p>
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micropainter<p>Hands up: who is Canadian first, Albertan second?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yeg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HandsOffMyPension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffMyPension</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HandsOffMyCPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffMyCPP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abhealth</span></a></p>
micropainter<p>Dear fellow Albertans,<br>You do realize that Danielle Smith wants your pensions to invest in O&amp;G companies which are bleeding investors--</p><p>--because their money is going into the booming renewable energy industry!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yeg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abpse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abpse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HandsOffMyCPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOffMyCPP</span></a></p>
Chris_MS<p>👀👀👀</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbEd</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbPSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbPSE</span></a></p>
Robson Fletcher<p>Since the huge spike in respiratory illness among kids last fall/winter in Alberta, I've been tracking student absences. We haven't had a surge like that since.</p><p>But one other thing I've noticed: Kids are most likely to be called in sick on Mondays &amp; Fridays.</p><p>I wonder why? 🤔 😅</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Calgary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Calgary</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yyc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yyc</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yycbe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>yycbe</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alberta</span></a></p>
BierFrau♀️♀️<p>EPSB is dealing with the influx of 5000 unfunded students and lack of space by making regular teachers run night classes. </p><p>This is thanks to years of underfunding and more recently, the UCP cuts and funding formula that shifts tax dollars from urban to rural schools. </p><p>Alberta spends the least amount per student in the country but still funds private schools. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbEd</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AbLeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbLeg</span></a></p>
The Narwhal<p>“There’s a bright future for oil and gas, and students can drive change from within the industry.”</p><p>@ottawacarl has the details on an Alberta teachers’ conference last week that featured a speaker from a member of the Pathways Alliance. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/abed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abed</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ableg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableg</span></a> <a href="https://t.co/HVJPxEuKnr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/HVJPxEuKnr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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