As Alberta’s public school teachers walk out over wage freezes and ballooning class sizes, UCP policy chief and private school mogul Rob Anderson is reportedly “taking notes – and enrollment forms.”
Anderson, who has helped craft much of Premier Danielle Smith’s education strategy, also happens to own a small constellation of private academies that charge tuition roughly equal to a teacher’s monthly salary. Insiders say his education philosophy is simple: If public schools fail, everyone wins – especially Rob.
Critics accuse Anderson of using public education policy like a demolition manual, while his allies insist he’s simply “creating a competitive learning environment.”
Meanwhile, striking teachers say they’ve learned one thing: when the man writing education policy profits from students leaving the public system, every class in Alberta has now become Economics 101 – and the lesson plan is privatization.
