By Canadian Press

On hold

Alberta government pauses field testing of new elementary school curriculum

Jul 22, 2019 | 4:48 PM

EDMONTON – Alberta’s United Conservative government has paused tryouts of a new elementary school curriculum.

School boards were sent a letter with the announcement and it was confirmed by the Education Ministry.

The province says in a statement that it respects the effort put into the curriculum so far, but suggests that a review of the former NDP government’s work is needed.

It says a working group that was set up by the NDP is still in place and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange joined its meetings last week.

Prior to becoming premier, Jason Kenney promised to stop what he called an ideological rewrite of the curriculum and to reform education in the province to offer more practical options.

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