'Time is up' on growing rural-urban education gap: Eggen

Alberta needs a new funding formula for schools, Education Minister David Eggen said.
The funding gap between urban and rural schools grows larger every year, the minister told more than 200 rural school trustees and division leaders gathered at a symposium in Edmonton Sunday evening. Kids deserve a fair and equitable system regardless of where they live, he said.
“I think time is up on the way that we’ve been doing it so far,” he told delegates at the Alberta Rural Education S