Initiatives, Projects and Reviews
Current government initiatives, projects, reviews and special reports listed within this section:
Alberta Student Assessment Study - Executive Summary
Alberta Student Assessment Study - Final Report
Setting the Direction for Special Education in Alberta is a new initiative of Alberta Education. The project will create a new special education framework that includes vision, principles, policy, accountability and funding.
Class Size is Important
In 2004, the government responded to Alberta’s Commission on Learning recommendation and moved ahead to provide funding to school jurisdictions to achieve the recommended class size averages. Significant investments have been made since the original announcement.
Alberta High School Student Outcomes
Alberta Education calculates student results related to high school programs,
Alberta’s Commission on Learning
Read the Commission’s Final Report and a Retrospective Report completed on the fifth anniversary of the 2003 ACOL Report. While work related to many of the recommendations is ongoing, updating and reporting on the ACOL Report has concluded.
Alberta Schools Alternative Procurement (ASAP)
New schools projects ASAP is a new approach to build schools in Alberta.
Minister’s Education Leadership Recognition Awards
These awards recognize those school board leaders who make a difference in our classrooms every day.
Success in School for Children and Youth in Care - Provincial Protocol Framework
A cross-ministry project to support improved school outcomes and high school completion rates for children and youth in care.
Alberta's Distributed Learning Strategy
Alberta’s Distributed Learning (DL) Strategy provides a strategic direction to enable 21st century learning and teaching in Alberta’s K–12 education system.
School Library Services Initiative (SLSI)
Alberta Education has established a School Library Services Initiative (SLSI) focused on reviewing K–12 school library services and support resource(s) across the province.
Additional initiatives, projects and reviews listed in other sections:
Alberta Initiative for School Improvement (AISI)
This initiative provides funding, above and beyond basic school grants, to all school authorities in the province. This funding flows to specific local initiatives and research. The goal of the initiative is to improve student learning and performance.
Bullying Prevention in Alberta
Learn more about Alberta's Bullying Prevention Strategy, part of the Safe and Caring Schools Initiative.
High School Completion
The Alberta High School Completion Framework addresses the challenges students face in finishing high school and helps ensure all students are given the opportunity to succeed.
Seeking Solutions: Report to the Minister of Education on the Teachers' Unfunded Pension Liability
Report by the Task Force on the Teachers' Unfunded Pension Liability.
Alberta Children and Youth Initiative
The goal of the Alberta Children and Youth Initiative is to ensure that the province's children will be well cared for, safe, healthy and successful at learning. This cross-departmental effort is addressing key issues like fetal alcohol syndrome and children's mental health.
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