Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the Alberta government won’t spend beyond $2.6 billion over four years in new spending to resolve a contract dispute with striking teachers.

Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools — a move one Calgary teacher is hoping to put to a vote — would only escalate the pressure faced by the province's ...

On the second day of a teachers' strike that has temporarily shuttered schools across Alberta, the education minister signalled a willingness to negotiate how many new staff members need to be hired, ...

Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says Alberta's government wants to address classroom complexity, but will not pursue caps on class sizes or spend more money than already promised to resolve a ...

John Jagersma, executive director of the Association of Independent Schools and Colleges in Alberta, said the majority of private schools in Alberta charge less than $5,000 a year in tuition. Many of ...

Thousands of support workers at Alberta schools continue to clock in each day during an Alberta teachers' strike. There's work to go around, but it's still an uncertain road ahead.

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

As Alberta’s school strike continues, Edmonton education companies are offering creative ways to keep students learning. “It helps me a lot,” said Dallas Leonard, a Grade 6 student. “It helps me being ...

A rally in support of teachers on the cusp of a Monday province-wide teachers’ strike drew thousands to the Alberta legislature grounds Sunday morning. Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) president ...

More than 51,000 teachers in Alberta are on strike, leaving more than 700,000 students out of school and facing disruptions to their schooling and other activities.

Families across Alberta scrambled to adjust their daily routines on Monday, as a teachers’ strike affecting about 700,000 students from kindergarten to Grade 12 renewed fears of learning loss among a ...

More than 51,000 Alberta teachers walked off the job Monday in what the Alberta Teachers’ Association calls the largest labour disruption in the province’s history.