Eliminating provincial achievement tests is a huge step backward By Michael Zwaagstra, Troy Media In a giant leap backward, Alberta education minister Jeff Johnson recently announced his plans to scrap the Provincial Achievement Tests (PAT) currently written by grades 3, 6, and 9 students. They will be replaced in the near future by more “student-friendly” assessments [...]
Online diploma exams intended to create more flexibility for students, says province By the fall of 2017, Alberta students will be able to write their diploma exams online. Alberta Premier Alison Redford and Education Minister Jeff Johnson made the announcement today during a teleconference with student reporters from across the province. “Students have repeatedly told us [...]
51 per cent of Canadian businesses plan to hire students or recent graduates According to a new survey from BMO Bank of Montreal, 51 per cent of Canadian businesses are planning to hire students or recent graduates this year. It’s encouraging to see so many Canadian companies with a noticeable appetite to hire students or recent graduates, [...]
New schools will provide over 3000 student spaces in northern Alberta Seven new schools are being built in northern Alberta, the government announced today. New and replacement schools will be added in Beaverlodge, Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Grimshaw, Joussard, Neerlandia and Sexsmith. “We made a commitment to build new schools and we’re doing just that,” [...]
More students will be able to quality for financial aid after income thresholds adjusted The Canadian government announced a new measure that allows more students to quality for financial aid. Starting August 1, the low- and middle-income thresholds will be adjusted for the 2013-2014 school year in an attempt to increase the affordability of post-secondary education [...]
Youth known to Red Deer RCMP A Red Deer teen has been arrested and charged after allegedly writing on Facebook that he wanted to commit a shooting a Red Deer high school. On Thursday the Calgary Police Service informed the Red Deer RCMP that threats had been made by made by an individual on Facebook [...]
Exciting opportunity for students to learn at Vancouver police student challenge program An exciting opportunity awaits 48 grade 11 and 12 Vancouver students this spring in the Vancouver police student challenge program. The VPD student challenge program is an annual eight-day program during which Vancouver police give a group of selected students an in-depth working [...]
Canadian students in Financial Literacy Month contest are aware of need to save Beacon Staff Reporter The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on Friday announced the winners of the Financial Literacy Month video contest for young people. The video contest invited students aged 13 to 19 to show their financial savvy by producing a [...]
