Alberta - Big classes, split grades, no subs: How school challenges are felt differently by rural teachers

About 51,000 teachers walked out on Oct. 6 in a dispute that centres on pay, class sizes and classroom complexity. But in rural Alberta, some educators say those pressures are magnified by distance, shorter staffing and high costs of living.

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