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Alberta Schools not in Sync with Changing Diversity
October 13, 2009 - Press Release
ESL students and parents give lukewarm ratings to school responses to ESL education and cultural diversity
CALGARY- Growing cultural diversity has transformed the student population in the K-12 education system. Between 1988 and 2008, the number of identified ESL students in Alberta has tripled from 14,673 to 48,346. But a new report, based on the survey of 242 ESL students and parents in the Calgary Board of Education, Calgary Catholic School District, Edmonton Public School Board, and Edmonton Catholic School District, finds that Alberta schools have not adequately provided quality ESL education and addressed cultural diversity.

Province Aims to Boost High School Completion Rates
May 26, 2009 - Alberta Government news release - Each public, separate and Francophone school jurisdiction will receive one-time funding of $55,000 plus $5 per student enrolled in Grades 10-12. This funding will help jurisdictions develop plans to address the short term needs of schools and identify the long-term systematic changes necessary to improve high school completion rates.