Opinion: Targeting independent schools won't help public education A fallout of the recent Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) strike in October has been a laser-focus target on independent schools in Alberta. It begs the question of whether the ATA is directing the public’s attention away from deficiencies within their own public system by blaming independent schools for the scarcity they feel. Let’s get the facts straight.

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A fallout of the recent Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) strike in October has been a laser-focus target on independent schools in Alberta. It begs the question of whether the ATA is directing the public’s attention away from deficiencies within their own public system by blaming independent schools for the scarcity they feel. Let’s get the facts straight.

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Children who attend independent schools are Albertans. They live and reside in our province. And yet, there is a push to strip school funding from them. Families who choose independent education pay for public education through their taxes and then they pay again for their child’s education through tuition.

Their children are funded at just 70 per cent what public-educated kids are funded at. Their tuition and school fundraisers make up the difference. The government does not provide independent schools with their buildings or land. Schools fundraise to offset........

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