Timeline of the new normal for Alberta classroom size

Alberta’s current class size guidelines come from a 2003 report by the Alberta Commission on Learning. It was the first major review of the province’s education system in three decades, prompted by an acrimonious labour dispute and 2002 strike by 22,000 teachers. After pressure from parents and teachers, the commission declared class sizes a priority. In five of Alberta’s largest school districts, more than 85 per cent of the kindergarten to Grade 3 classes are larger than gove