{"id":3615,"date":"2021-07-26T08:43:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bsec.ab.ca\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2021-08-24T13:52:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T19:52:50","slug":"whats-the-difference-between-regular-school-and-charter-school-in-edmonton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/whats-the-difference-between-regular-school-and-charter-school-in-edmonton\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s The Difference Between Regular School And Charter School In Edmonton?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|59px||auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||||&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alberta has more choices in public education than almost any other province. In Alberta, students, parents and their families can choose from any number of public or independent options. Boyle Street Education Centre is one of a number of Alberta Public Charter Schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>What is an Alberta public charter school?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public charter schools are designed to serve a specific community in the province. There is a growing number of public charter schools in Alberta, but they all have a few things in common:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; They are publicly-funded schools (NOT private schools).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Each exists to support a specific school community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; All charter schools must lead research showing how their innovative programs support their specific community\u2019s academic and social success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public charter schools cannot charge tuition for their programs and they use the approved <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alberta.ca\/programs-of-study.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alberta Programs of Study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Boyle Street Education Centre is an Edmonton public charter school that supports young people who have not yet found success in the mainstream education system. We work hard to be the most inclusive charter school in Edmonton and this is what we offer:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Student Engagement:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We ensure students have seamless access to learning and support from wherever they are<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what has happened to you or where you have been, if you want support and are ready to learn, there is a place for you in this school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our school will meet you where you are in your learning and together, we will build a success plan based on your strengths.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Student Achievement:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; All our students can learn when they have the right support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Not all strategies work for all students. We apply a range of strategies for each student based on what we know about their needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Instruction at Boyle Street Education Centre is engaging, differentiated and creative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Indigenous Perspectives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indigenous knowledge is part of every classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BSEC students can engage with indigenous community members and elders at school, at community events and through land-based learning programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about Alberta Public Charter Schools, please visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taapcs.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.taapcs.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and watch this short explainer video.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta has more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1co.ca\/dev_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}