The adoption of Alberta’s discovery math teaching techniques and curriculum has meant that in many Alberta elementary schools, teachers are discouraged from teaching the standard, time-honoured ways ...

The Alberta government has bent to pressure from parents for curriculum changes and will require students to memorize their multiplication tables starting this fall, dealing a setback to the ...

A recent Ministry of Education survey reveals significant learning gaps among Indian students. Only 55% of Class 3 students can order numbers up to 99, and just 53% of Class 6 students know ...

Before the Bank of Canada got rid of the penny, I sometimes drove store checkout clerks mad by paying with extra dimes, nickels and pennies so I would get quarters as change. I never meant to be a ...