Hitting the books: How Alberta Education is rewriting curriculum for the next generation of students

Alberta’s ambitious plan to overhaul its K-12 school curriculum got political in 2017. 
United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney accused the NDP of “socially engineering” children with the curriculum, and claimed social studies lessons will be bereft of military history. Former UCP leadership candidate Brian Jean said he would cancel the $64-million, six-year curriculum rewrite, saying it was a waste of money. 
Critics called for the government to release th