What are collegiate schools and why are they popping up across Alberta?

So what are collegiate schools and how do they differ from more traditional ones? CBC News examined how the new education model is developing in different ways across the province.

The Alberta government defines them as specialized schools that give students direct pathways to post-secondary education and careers.

The schools — private, public, charter, francophone or Catholic — offer programming for students in grades 7-12. Some schools, like STEM Collegiate, have their own buildings. Other collegiate schools operate within existing schools and school divisions.

Alberta’s approved collegiate schools have a number of specializations, including environmental science, aviation, agriculture, health care, commercial driving and other skilled trades.

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The schools must have a formal agreement with one or more post-secondary institutions and offer experiential learning.

Collegiate high schools provide opportunities for students to earn post-secondary credits.

According to its latest annual report, Alberta’s education ministry allocated $15.5 million to support collegiate schools’ permanent facilities in 2022-23 and gave 11 one-time $50,000 grants for their applications.

Twelve collegiate schools have been approved by the provincial government so far. They are located across the province, in rural and urban areas. |Read more https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/collegiate-schools-alberta-explainer-1.6953644|

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He’s called Toronto ‘a festering cancerous wound.’ Is his group poised to take over Danielle Smith’s party in Alberta?

Parker is aiming to repeat his success from last October’s annual general meeting where hundreds of TBA members turned up to elect a nine-person slate to the UCP’s 18-member board. He’s now gunning to have TBA-supported candidates take over the remaining nine seats, including that of the president.

“We can’t expect anyone else to do it for us,” wrote Parker in an email to supporters two weeks ago, “We as Albertans must steer the ship!”

In an interview with the Star, Parker insisted, as he routinely does when speaking to journalists, he is not trying to seize control of the UCP: “I’m just encouraging people to be involved in democracy.”

But his rhetoric takes a combative tone when speaking before an audience. “Leaders come and go, folks,” he told a March 21 town-hall meeting in Grande Prairie. “We need to control the party that’s in power.”

Parker says he’s not out to topple Smith, as he did with Kenney. He considers her a friend who is “doing great” since the election but he adds “she’s made decisions I wouldn’t have.”

He thinks she’s moving too slowly in pushing for Alberta to withdraw from both the Canada Pension Plan and Canada Revenue Agency to set up its own provincial programs. But he says he understands Smith has to be pragmatic.

Parker supports her ongoing battles against the federal government. He’s agnostic when it comes to controversial issues such as Smith’s abrupt moratorium on solar and wind projects.

However, trouble seems to be brewing. |Read more https://www.thestar.com/opinion/he-s-called-toronto-a-festering-cancerous-wound-is-his-group-poised-to-take-over/article_b39cd185-fa73-57bb-ae1c-a3b8ee99e044.html|

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