Whole Schooling Alberta

Welcome to the Alberta, Canada chapter of the Whole Schooling Consortium. The Whole Schooling Consortium is an international network of schools and individual teachers, parents, administrators, university faculty and community members. We are concerned with the following central issues that deepen our social and individual problems:

- segregation of children based on ability, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic status and other characteristics;

- standardization of assessment and the narrowing of curricula;

- creation of school cultures of tension, anger, and pressure preventing what should be a place of joy, fun, community, and care;

- lack of attention to economic and social needs of children.

Schools, we believe, are central if we are to have a democratic society and inclusive communities where people of difference are valued and celebrated. Schools must be places that encourage the development of the whole child – linking talent development and social, emotional, cognitive, and physical learning. We believe this is necessary and possible.

The Six Principles of Whole Schooling