Pessimism Grows Among Alberta Teachers as Government Insists Help is On The Way

It's been three months since the Alberta government controversially legislated an end to a bitter teachers' strike, but have conditions in the classroom - which were key issues in the labour dispute - improved at all?The Alberta Teachers Association has released a comprehensive new survey of its members, showing widespread frustration and pessimism about the state of the province's classrooms. This comes as the Alberta government has announced its plans to try and address issues around classroom complexity.In this episode of The Line Alberta podcast, Rob Breakenridge speaks with Alberta Teachers Association president Jason Schilling about the state of public education in Alberta and whether there's an opportunity now to begin to address the challenges that have been festering and mounting for years around class sizes and the complexity of learning needs. The strike may be in the rear view mirror, but the issues and pressures that led to it are still very much with us.