September 2007

Students have significantly improved in many areas of learning including staying in school and excelling on diploma examinations; they're also reporting that they are receiving a quality education, according to Alberta Education's annual Accountability Pillar results report. However, student performance on Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) and Diploma Examinations (DIPs) at the acceptable level has declined, leading to an examination of ways to address these results.
 

Alberta students are benefiting from enhanced second language instruction thanks to a Government of Alberta scholarship and bursary program that awarded a total of $85,000 to 24 current and future Kindergarten to Grade 12 teachers.
 

More Alberta youth have new opportunities to stay in school, thanks to five new outreach programs launched this September.
 

Education Minister Ron Liepert is exploring innovative new approaches to career programming during a one-day tour of facilities in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington on September 17.
 

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