Education minister will look at collecting school-discipline data

Alberta’s education minister said he’ll consider collecting provincial data on school suspensions and expulsions.
Minister David Eggen said he was encouraged to see the number of suspensions declining in Edmonton public and Catholic schools in coverage by the Journal connected to a Freedom of Information request for discipline data.
In 2015-16, there was nearly one suspension for every 10 junior high and high school students enrolled in Edmonton Public Schools. Five per cent of