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Opinion: Smith government gets failing grade on education funding

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Alberta is the least-funded school jurisdiction in all of Canada when it comes to per-student spending.

Jason Schilling: Failure of this government to fund public education for growth and inflation shortcuts our students’ futures.

Schilling says teachers are looking for concrete solutions to overcrowded classrooms, resources to address the ever-growing complex needs of students.

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73

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informal

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English

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48

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