Alberta’s United Conservative government calls it the “Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team.”

A 25-member team of superintendents, trustees, speech language pathologists and other stakeholders, formed in June, to help create recommendations to help the province deal with an increase in the number of students with complex needs in Alberta classrooms.

On Friday, Premier Danielle Smith and Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides released the team’s report.

“What they heard was very concerning,” Smith said.

“The causes of aggression and classroom complexity are difficult to determine. They can involve academic, behavioral, socioeconomic, linguistic, emotional, and mental health factors. Our government asked the action team to not only assess the problem, but also to focus on so

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