It’s common sense that one needs to know the basics before one can perform deeper analysis. But critics of Alberta’s new Kindergarten-to-Grade 6 social studies curriculum don’t seem to agree — and unfortunately, they have the ear of Alberta’s education minister. Students can expect to learn under a sub-par curriculum coming soon to classrooms.

The curriculum is the third attempt, and the governing United Conservative Party’s second attempt (the first being in 2021), at a revision to the now-two-decades-old social studies curriculum. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides announced it last month, and last week he told the press that he intends to test it with students in the fall.