Group consulted about Alberta social studies curriculum disavows new draft

A group of educators and researchers invited by Alberta Education to help develop the new social studies curriculum has “significant concerns” with the draft released this week.

An open letter from eight educators and researchers who were part of the K-6 Curriculum Development Specialist Group claims their input was “largely ignored.”

The government said it spent seven months consulting on the draft curriculum, including meeting with more than 300 teachers, Indigenous…