Gov. Mike Dunleavy approved the appointment of Dr. Deena Bishop as Alaska next commissioner of education. Bishop, who served as superintendent of the Anchorage School District from 2016 to 2022, received unanimous approval from members of the Alaska State Board of Education at its July 26 meeting.
“Dr. Bishop is eminently qualified to manage the department and achieve its mission of providing an excellent education for every student every day,” Dunleavy said in a July 28 statement. “Over the past three decades, she has taught in both rural and urban schools, and was superintendent of Alaska’s two largest school districts. I look forward to working with her on the implementation of the Alaska Reads Act, and other initiatives that will improve educational outcomes for our students.”
Bishop’s first day as state education commissioner will be Aug. 9. Her educational career in Alaska also includes serving as Superintendent of the Mat-Su School District and being a member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents.
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Keep hiring the same people that made and maintained a failing system? a definition of insanity.
Alaska ranked 49th in the nation in fourth-grade reading in 2022, and the State has ranked in the bottom five nationally since 2003. I don’t see anything in Alaska’s education system improving under this recycled Anchorage/Mat-Su school superintendent hired as the commissioner of education.
dunleavey has chosen his path ,consistently approving doomercrats over Alaskans. Judges, health bureaucrats, school admistraiters, etc. Oh, and shortly after election while not a breath of mention before, he found his pot of gold carbon scam idea.
Sir comrade, so glad for your comments and accurate portrayal of pos leader dunleavy! We need to collectively and strongly communicate our disdain for the globalist who are threatening our state!
Will the real Alaska governor stand up. Dunleavy is no where to be found.
He’s not listening to Alaskans
Rearranging deck chairs. Why even have this position?
First of all the gov is gutless. He is also a former employee of the said failed education system. Last of all it’s not about the children, it’s about getting paid to steal a child’s future, and having the public foot the bill.
““China’s ‘indoctrination’ of American schools to make ‘Little Red Classrooms’: Communist Party funneled $17 MILLION into more than 143 K-12 schools – sparking a Republican probe”
Although Alaska is not mentioned in this story, here is a link to UAA h Confucius Institutes” (2nd link below) posted by a Truth Social patron.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12344745/Chinas-indoctrination-American-schools-make-Little-Red-Classrooms-Communist-Party-funneled-17-MILLION-143-K-12-schools-sparking-Republican-probe.html
https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2008/05/the-confucius-institute-a-partnership-between-uaa-and-chinas-northeast-normal-university.cshtml