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Alberta’s schools are rolling out sweeping new policies this year to keep classrooms politically neutral, with teachers and students now bound by strict guidelines that ban public stances on social or political issues. Starting Tuesday, school boards must remain impartial, a new student code of conduct goes into effect, and by December, teachers will be required to present topics objectively. A ministerial order also tightens trustee conduct rules to protect free speech while enforcing decorum. Meanwhile, the province is hiring 2,127 new teachers — including 566 for “complexity teams” that pair educators with assistants to support struggling students — with most teams targeting younger grades. Though opposition questions the impact, officials tout early success and aim to stabilize education for over 835,000 students returning to class.

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