Alberta Parents' Perspectives of Education Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
Summary Report: Parent Voices During COVID-19
Parent Voices During COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Alberta School Council's Association (ASCA) actively and intentionally reached out to parents and caregivers of Alberta's K-12 students in every area of the province, and in every system of choice.
Through the administration of four (4) surveys over 2 years (Spring 2020 to Spring 2022), the opinions and perspectives of parents and caregivers of Alberta's K-12 students fluctuated as new information, policies, and procedures influenced their lived realities.
ASCA is extremely grateful to McMaster University PhD Candidate Erica Fae Thomson and MacEwan University Research Coordinator Samantha Mullin for their gifts of countless hours of expertise in analyzing, compiling, and summarizing the robust data gathered in these surveys. Their knowledge and skill in producing these reports will be appreciated by ASCA, its Members, and audiences around the world for years to come.
This is report 1 of 4 reflecting parent voices during through ASCA's COVID-19 surveys. Its purpose was to gather the opinion of parents and caregivers of students in Alberta's K-12 education system about the 2020-2021 school re-entry discussion points outlined by Alberta Education on May 6th, 2020.
The second of 4 surveys distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic, this report captures the experiences and perceptions of parents and caregivers of Alberta's K-12 students during the start of the 2020-2021 school year.
Based on the responses to the third of four surveys conducted by ASCA, this report captures the experiences and perceptions of parents and caregivers of Alberta's K-12 students close to the end of the 2020-2021 school year.
Education and the Impact of COVID-19 Spring 2022 Survey Report
The Impact of COVID-19 on Education
This final survey, the last of four in the serious, was partially funded by Alberta Education, intending to gather thoughts from parents and caregivers of Alberta's K-12 students related to how the policies and practices used during COVID-19 may have impacted children's educational journey.
