A curriculum review panelist recently appointed by Jason Kenney’s
government is an American scholar who specializes in work looking at
public subsidies for privately-run religious schools.
government is an American scholar who specializes in work looking at
public subsidies for privately-run religious schools.
The American researcher, Ashley Berner, confirmed to PressProgress that her work is “supported” by the Charles Koch Foundation, a right-wing organization pushing for public-funding of private and charter schools in the United States.
The Charles Koch Foundation told PressProgress it gave her research unit nearly one million dollars last year.
Last month, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange named the foreign, Koch-funded scholar as one of the experts on a panel that is tasked with rewriting the curriculum in Alberta schools — the panel includes no current Alberta teachers.