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On March 2nd, 2019 the Alberta Teacher's Association held an all party forum on education. It was moderated by Kim Trynacka and attended by Education Minister the Hon. David Eggen, Alberta Party leader Stephen Mandel, Education Critic for the UCP Mark Smith, Liberal Party of Alberta leader David Khan, and Freedom Conservative Party candidate whose name I regrettably didn't note and I haven't been able to find online. The second I find his name I will amend this post. Admitting my biases, I nonetheless will try my best to objectively relay what happened and what the key messages of each party were on the subject of education. Initial Impressions : The UCP benefited from having Mark Smith there instead of Jason Kenney. He was overall quite likeable and did not seem as extreme as I expected. The most critical person on the panel award goes to David Khan with David Eggen as a close second. They were all informed and well-spoken. Eggen seemed the most like he had his ...

Episode three of my amateur podcast features Grade One teacher Erin Beekman who recommended to me the "Kwik Brain" podcast. We discuss speed reading and memory expert Jim Kwick's morning routine. You can find his podcast at the link here https://kwikbrain.com/podcast To listen to our podcast go to the google drive link here  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i1LEVIXqdLy6Qkgv9ozD0k5gs-vnTHQR/view?usp=sharing We discuss the suggestions that we have adopted and some that just seem like a gimmick. We touch on literacy and learning and how Kwik's suggestions could help anyone learn more efficiently. Please share, comment, and subscribe to this blog so you can be up to speed on every new podcast episode and blog post. Thanks for listening.