Alberta school boards' cash goes to teachers

$65 million to hire more than 600 teachers
The Canadian Press

Redford restores $107M in education funding

More than half of the $107 million returned to education funding by the Alberta government has gone to hiring teachers.

The government says school boards spent $65 million to hire more than 600 teachers.

Another $23 million was spent on almost 400 additional teachers' aides.

The rest went toward classroom materials, professional development, technology and equipment.

Within days of becoming premier in October, Alison Redford returned the money that had been cut from the education budget.

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