EDMONTON—The United Conservative Party’s education platform is getting a failing grade from the Alberta Teachers’ Association. “The priorities in this platform are misplaced and misguided,” ATA president Greg Jeffery said Tuesday. United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney announces his party’s education platform at Calgary Jewish Academy on Monday afternoon. The party said they’d maintain or increase education funding, continue building schools, and reduce bureaucracy, a move applauded by the ATA. Kenney said a blunt law stipulating teachers can’t communicate with parents isn’t the most effective way to meet all students’ needs.

Source: thestar March 27, 2019 01:41 UTC