Education Minister David Eggen blasts United Conservative Party's draft ideas for education policy

A planning document outlining policy ideas United Conservative Party members may discuss shows the party and its leader want to weaken Alberta’s public education system, Education Minister David Eggen said Thursday.
“The devolution of public school boards is a clear nod to American-style privatization of education. Everyone should be concerned about this,” Eggen, an NDP cabinet minister, said in an interview.
A draft policy framework circulated to UCP members last week includes