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Charter Schools in Alberta: Change or Continuity in Progressive Conservative Education Policy?
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Wagner, Michael – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1999
The recent establishment of charter schools in Alberta (Canada) has prompted allegations of a radical change towards privatization by the Progressive Conservative (PC) government. However, policy decisions since the 1970s demonstrate that the PC government has consistently supported private alternatives to public education; charter schools extend…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy