Bárbara Silva
@asilvalining.bsky.social
“A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” M. Ghandi.
Educator, Public Education Advocate, Activist.
Educator, Public Education Advocate, Activist.
In case anyone still thinks “but Charter schools are non profit orgs!” Is some kind of virtuous stance….. exhibit A - FIFA, perhaps one of the most corrupt organizations the world is also - yup - a “Non profit”. #Abed
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December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In case anyone still thinks “but Charter schools are non profit orgs!” Is some kind of virtuous stance….. exhibit A - FIFA, perhaps one of the most corrupt organizations the world is also - yup - a “Non profit”. #Abed
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It’s almost like a good old fashioned #GeorgeClark #kudatah. !!! 😆😆😆
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It’s almost like a good old fashioned #GeorgeClark #kudatah. !!! 😆😆😆
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October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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This is the article that points out Support Our Students Alberta were the first to notice the government quietly cancelled class size reporting. Even rhe school boards didn't know.
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UCP quietly drops class size reporting
The province has quietly dropped class size reporting leaving the responsibility entirely on the shoulders of individual school authorities.
edmontonjournal.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This is the article that points out Support Our Students Alberta were the first to notice the government quietly cancelled class size reporting. Even rhe school boards didn't know.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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The press release from @asilvalining.bsky.social that started it all, 18 Nov 2019.
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The press release from @asilvalining.bsky.social that started it all, 18 Nov 2019.
If the teachers can’t strike - students and families should.
I know it will never happen - but you’re all sending your kids to dangerously overcrowded and under supported classrooms.
Be bold Albertans!
#ABEd
I know it will never happen - but you’re all sending your kids to dangerously overcrowded and under supported classrooms.
Be bold Albertans!
#ABEd
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If the teachers can’t strike - students and families should.
I know it will never happen - but you’re all sending your kids to dangerously overcrowded and under supported classrooms.
Be bold Albertans!
#ABEd
I know it will never happen - but you’re all sending your kids to dangerously overcrowded and under supported classrooms.
Be bold Albertans!
#ABEd
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The BCTF stands in solidarity with our colleagues in Alberta. Here in BC, we know how heavy-handed legislation against teachers and collective bargaining rights hurts schools, students, and everyone who works in public education. The Alberta government should negotiate, not legislate! ✊ #ABteachers
October 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The BCTF stands in solidarity with our colleagues in Alberta. Here in BC, we know how heavy-handed legislation against teachers and collective bargaining rights hurts schools, students, and everyone who works in public education. The Alberta government should negotiate, not legislate! ✊ #ABteachers
UCP claim to be such tough guy cowboys but support the biggest cowards ….
After invoking the notwithstanding clause to bust the teachers’ strike, Danielle Smith appears to have fucked off to Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Showcasing Alberta in the Middle East
Premier Smith will promote Alberta’s investment opportunities, energy expertise and agricultural products during meetings in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
www.alberta.ca
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
UCP claim to be such tough guy cowboys but support the biggest cowards ….
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If only someone could have predicted...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If only someone could have predicted...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
📣 Signature collection happening at the Bowness Carwash on Mainstreet near the Library from 4-6:30 pm. 👏
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📣 Signature collection happening at the Bowness Carwash on Mainstreet near the Library from 4-6:30 pm. 👏
#pentopaper #collective #action
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October 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Can a reporter, ANY reporter ask Danielle Smith if she thinks 45 kids in a class is acceptable, even with an EA? There’s some low hanging fruit questions that should be posed to Smith during pressers.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Can a reporter, ANY reporter ask Danielle Smith if she thinks 45 kids in a class is acceptable, even with an EA? There’s some low hanging fruit questions that should be posed to Smith during pressers.
@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
@globalnews.ca
@cbcnews.ca @calgaryherald.com
@ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
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Wherein the Minister of #ABED education refers to complexity in terms of refugees and ELL students - then talks about how complexity manifests as violence and aggression in the classroom. The conflation isn’t innocent - it’s deliberately xenophobic and racist.
Shame on you.
Shame on you.
October 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wherein the Minister of #ABED education refers to complexity in terms of refugees and ELL students - then talks about how complexity manifests as violence and aggression in the classroom. The conflation isn’t innocent - it’s deliberately xenophobic and racist.
Shame on you.
Shame on you.
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Again, its fallen on a women-dominated profession not to just to strike for their own rights and wages, but to somehow justify — unlike male-dominated unions — that they have kids' interests at heart.
Kids' interests the govt should take responsibility for, and already committed to in 2004.
Kids' interests the govt should take responsibility for, and already committed to in 2004.
Understand that Alberta teachers wouldn't need to ask for the extra $2B over the course of the contract if it hadn't have been stripped out of public schools and funneled into private/charter schools.
Sounds like a Danielle Smith problem.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #abed #FiretheUCP
Sounds like a Danielle Smith problem.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #abed #FiretheUCP
October 17, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Again, its fallen on a women-dominated profession not to just to strike for their own rights and wages, but to somehow justify — unlike male-dominated unions — that they have kids' interests at heart.
Kids' interests the govt should take responsibility for, and already committed to in 2004.
Kids' interests the govt should take responsibility for, and already committed to in 2004.
@ximenaka.bsky.social missed opportunity to include a local citizen run public education advocacy group in your latest piece (thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...) @sosalberta.bsky.social been fighting the privatization of public education for a decade now.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee
MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.
thetyee.ca
October 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@ximenaka.bsky.social missed opportunity to include a local citizen run public education advocacy group in your latest piece (thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...) @sosalberta.bsky.social been fighting the privatization of public education for a decade now.
Don’t be naive - This Trump adjacent “Peace Prize” was awarded as a precursor to pave the way for a US invasión of Venezuela for the purposes of accessing the countries national
Resources.
Namely oil. It’s always oil.
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Resources.
Namely oil. It’s always oil.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Don’t be naive - This Trump adjacent “Peace Prize” was awarded as a precursor to pave the way for a US invasión of Venezuela for the purposes of accessing the countries national
Resources.
Namely oil. It’s always oil.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Resources.
Namely oil. It’s always oil.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Hey Alberta Teachers, it can be done. Dont even need to reinvent the wheel!! The UTLA did it in 6 days. You’re only going to get one kick at this cat. Make it worthwhile.
@albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
#ABED
@albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
#ABED
Picket Line Lessons: The UTLA Teacher Strike
Members of Black Rose/Rosa Negra – Los Angeles who were involved in community mobilization in support of the strike and as members of UTLA provide their summary and analysis. The article highlights th...
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October 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Hey Alberta Teachers, it can be done. Dont even need to reinvent the wheel!! The UTLA did it in 6 days. You’re only going to get one kick at this cat. Make it worthwhile.
@albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
#ABED
@albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
#ABED
For a moment I thought this was Alberta 😆 silly me - @albertateachers.bsky.social aren’t picketing at all!! This is Chicago, and Los Angeles - whose strike lasted only 6 days in case anyone’s looking for tips:
itsgoingdown.org/picket-line-...
#abed
itsgoingdown.org/picket-line-...
#abed
October 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
For a moment I thought this was Alberta 😆 silly me - @albertateachers.bsky.social aren’t picketing at all!! This is Chicago, and Los Angeles - whose strike lasted only 6 days in case anyone’s looking for tips:
itsgoingdown.org/picket-line-...
#abed
itsgoingdown.org/picket-line-...
#abed
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Teacher Day Camp?
Embarrassing.
ATA Learn How to Strike Challenge.
Embarrassing.
ATA Learn How to Strike Challenge.
The ATA is literally infantilizing their members then wonder why the public doesn’t consider them professionals….
Pick up a sign and picket like ALL LABOUR ORGS! @albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
Pick up a sign and picket like ALL LABOUR ORGS! @albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Teacher Day Camp?
Embarrassing.
ATA Learn How to Strike Challenge.
Embarrassing.
ATA Learn How to Strike Challenge.
The ATA is literally infantilizing their members then wonder why the public doesn’t consider them professionals….
Pick up a sign and picket like ALL LABOUR ORGS! @albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
Pick up a sign and picket like ALL LABOUR ORGS! @albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The ATA is literally infantilizing their members then wonder why the public doesn’t consider them professionals….
Pick up a sign and picket like ALL LABOUR ORGS! @albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
Pick up a sign and picket like ALL LABOUR ORGS! @albertateachers.bsky.social @schilldawg.bsky.social
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All the arguments that "well, actually, teachers pickets are just fundamentally different than traditional labour pickets..." well, perhaps technically true, is also irrelevant.
That argument would be true for every other jurisdictions as well, but teachers still picket everywhere else.
That argument would be true for every other jurisdictions as well, but teachers still picket everywhere else.
October 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
All the arguments that "well, actually, teachers pickets are just fundamentally different than traditional labour pickets..." well, perhaps technically true, is also irrelevant.
That argument would be true for every other jurisdictions as well, but teachers still picket everywhere else.
That argument would be true for every other jurisdictions as well, but teachers still picket everywhere else.
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Lol, if you were going to be concerned about petitions you shouldn't have《checks notes》 made petitions easier.
Whatever happened to Smith's "direct democracy is best" schtick?
Whatever happened to Smith's "direct democracy is best" schtick?
BEYOND LOCAL: Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition
Alberta education minister concerned about private school funding petition
Alberta's education minister says cutting government funding to private schools would only escalate the pressure faced by the province's strained public school system.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Lol, if you were going to be concerned about petitions you shouldn't have《checks notes》 made petitions easier.
Whatever happened to Smith's "direct democracy is best" schtick?
Whatever happened to Smith's "direct democracy is best" schtick?
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It would be kind of funny if ATA started a campaign to unionize private and charter teachers.
They don't believe in public education, the professionalism of teachers, nor union activity.
Remember Bill 32? It made it so that union folks could opt out of "non-core functions" of their unions.
albertaworker.ca/news/kenneys...
Remember Bill 32? It made it so that union folks could opt out of "non-core functions" of their unions.
albertaworker.ca/news/kenneys...
October 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It would be kind of funny if ATA started a campaign to unionize private and charter teachers.