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It’s a day for Alberta students, parents, teachers and school administrators to take a bow on the world stage.

Our public school system isn’t just strong, it should be the envy of teachers and principals around this planet.

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Today, the results are in from the world’s biggest educational assessment — the 2015 results in science, reading and math from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Alberta students ranked first in Canada and second out of 72 countries or economies in the world, behind only Singapore, in science. Albertans ranked third in the world in reading, behind only British Columbia and Singapore.

“That’s something we should be proud of,” Education Minister David Eggen told an Ardrossan school news conference.

For many years, Alberta teachers and principals have flocked to seminars given by outside experts from Finland, Eastern Canada and the United States, soaking up the latest advice from big-name educational gurus on how Alberta can do better.