Education

City school districts pleased with new seclusion room guidelines

Red Deer's two largest school districts are welcoming the new standards announced Wednesday regarding the use of seclusion rooms, time-outs and physical restraints in Alberta classrooms.The standards ...

Oct 24, 2019 Red Deer Public Schools Superintendent Stu Henry

Alberta education minister releases new guidelines for school seclusion rooms

EDMONTON - Alberta's education minister says seclusion rooms in schools will not be banned, but only used as a last resort when a student poses significant and imminent danger to themselves or others....

Oct 23, 2019

Grant plan to cut Alberta class sizes has failed, says education minister

Alberta's education minister says a grant program to cut class sizes in schools has spent $3.4 billion over the last 15 years while failing to deliver results.Adriana LaGrange says a report on the Cla...

Oct 18, 2019 Education Minister Adriana LaGrange

Student Vote shows youth eager to have voices heard

More than one million Canadian elementary and secondary students are casting ballots this week as part of Student Vote Canada 2019.The vote, which will engage more than 9500 schools nationwide, is mad...

Oct 17, 2019 Trevor Selent (left) and Connor Jacobson, grade 12s at Notre Dame High School, took part in Student Vote Canada 2019 on Thrusday. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)

RDC President: Developing leaders is always worth the investment

When I consider the value of post-secondary education, one of the often-overlooked things that comes to mind is the essential work we do to help develop the leaders of tomorrow. Across our programs, s...

Oct 11, 2019

Red Deer Public Schools writing Education Minister to retain legal name

The Red Deer Public Schools Board of Trustees will be writing Education Minister Adriana LaGrange in their bid to keep the word "Public" in their legal name. The Public School Boards Association of Al...

Oct 11, 2019

RDC alum shines on WorldSkills stage

Taylor McCallum can compete on the world stage, as he demonstrated this August at WorldSkills Kazan.The RDC graduate was a member of Team Canada, and he was one of 32 Canadian champions who competed a...

Oct 11, 2019 (Photo: Skills Canada Alberta)

Tight budget leads to belt tightening for Wild Rose School Division

Financial constraints are making for challenging times for the Wild Rose School Division. The division saw its student population drop by about 100 students for 2019-20, meaning they'll also see a dro...

Oct 10, 2019

Red Deer teachers collaborate to enhance wellness initiatives in local schools

Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools (RDCRS) and Red Deer Public Schools (RDPS) are working collaboratively to enhance student and staff wellness. With over 20,000+ students in both school divisions, he...

Oct 09, 2019 (Photo: Submitted)

RDC, students preparing for possible lifting of tuition freeze

Alberta post-secondary students are bracing for a possible lifting of the current tuition freeze when the provincial budget is handed down on Oct. 24.The MacKinnon Report on Alberta's Finances release...

Oct 07, 2019