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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you for your unwavering support!

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 6d

Three opportunities for you to rally for public education on October 5 which is also World Teachers' Day. #stoptheexcuses #weareATA

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 5d

When someone says teachers should "get back" and kids should "get back" to class. Ask yourself....

What are they "getting back" to? The current situations is unsustainable. Getting back to more unsustainable conditions is not a worthy goal.

Stand with teachers. #ableg #abed #abpoli #cndpoli

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 5d

I am not the organizer but if you send me DM, I will send you the info

jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 5d

We know why we’re here, we're standing tall for our students, for our profession, and for the future of public education.

This is hard—but the right thing often is.

Stay strong, stay united.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 5d

A strike is never easy. It’s stressful, it’s uncertain, and it weighs on all of us. I know you feel, I feel it too. Today I spent the morning with our newest colleagues and they are worried but resolved in their commitment. #weareATA

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 6d

Three opportunities for you to rally for public education on October 5 which is also World Teachers' Day. #stoptheexcuses #weareATA

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 8d

The government may be disappointed; however, nearly 90% rejection of the proposed agreement, not once but twice, is not confusion, it’s clarity.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 8d

In the last two days--I've read or heard government say three different numbers of new students added to the education system in the last 2 years--50,000, 80,000 and 100,000. So which is it?

Maybe government should start collecting class size data again (they stopped in 2019)?

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 9d

Utter contempt and disrespect from Bruce McAllister.

Cutting off the kid's mic and limiting his freedom of expression is one thing, but saying he should be spanked is a fireable offense from a supposedly neutral moderator. Bruce needs to be removed immediately.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9d

By way of context…

In May, 22,300 teacher voted against the UCP’s offer at 61.99%

Today, 38,113 voted no at 89.5%.

In May, 13,517 voted to accept.

Today?

Only 4,479.

The UCP managed to find a way to actually make things worse.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 22d

Minister Horner says TEBA won’t return to the table until the LRB issue is resolved—delaying and frustrating bargaining. The ATA has tabled a proposal, teachers await a response. Call me a liar on TV if you want, but AB schools remain the least funded in Canada and that’s the truth.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 23d

Visit stoptheexcuses.ca to learn how you can support teachers, students and public education in Alberta.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 23d

Teachers will not be silenced or intimidated. We will keep fighting for safe classrooms, proper supports, and fair compensation. Alberta’s students deserve nothing less—and we will not stop until solutions are at the table. /5

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 23d

To accuse teachers of misleading families is not only false—it is a lie, and one that deeply insults the very people who show up every day under impossible conditions to support Alberta’s students. /4

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 23d

Teachers don’t want a strike. They want improvements for students and working conditions. Yet government has chosen to walk away from bargaining and attack teachers for sharing accurate, factual information about the crisis in schools that they created through underfunding. /3

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 23d

The complaint objects to a simple truth: government has refused to give its negotiators the means to address class size, class complexity, student supports, and safe classrooms. That’s not a talking point. That’s the reality at the table. /2

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 23d

Today the government chose legal maneuvers over negotiation. Instead of responding to the ATA’s latest proposal, it filed a Labour Relations complaint to delay and distract. Teachers are ready for a deal—government is not. /1

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 28d

Show your support for Alberta teachers and public education by making the image below your profile picture.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 28d

We will meet with government to continue talks. The choice is government’s: resolve this dispute now, or face a province-wide strike. Because when teachers win a fair deal, kids win stronger classrooms.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 28d

Teachers have bargained in good faith while showing up for kids every day. And they continue to do so. But after months of being stonewalled, patience has run out. Unless a settlement is reached, teachers will strike on October 6.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · 28d

Alberta’s teachers have given everything to their students, schools, and communities. But their pay has fallen behind, workloads have soared, and classrooms are bursting without the resources they need. Public education is in crisis.

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · Sep 8

Why did Alberta's initial book-ban policy cover written passages in the first place, if Danielle Smith & Co only ever wanted to cover "explicit" images?
It's a good question, and one Education Min Nicolaides didn't really answer today. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New Alberta school books order bans explicit images of sexual acts | CBC News

Alberta’s revised rules on books in schools will prohibit works containing explicit images of sexual acts, but not written descriptions of the same, according to a new ministerial order published Mond...

www.cbc.ca

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CTF/FCE @ctffce.bsky.social · Sep 8

Through education, teachers empower individuals with the literacy skills needed to engage and contribute to society.

This #InternationalLiteracyDay2025, we emphasize #PromotingLiteracyInTheDigitalEra and will continue to invest in education and support those who make it possible.

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jason schilling @schilldawg.bsky.social · Sep 8

The book ban along with the fairness in sports regulation was, and remains, unnecessary government overreach. The revisions provide some clarity, but without real support, the gov’t is once again leaving teachers and schools to clean up the mess.

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