Leftist-inspired student mental health bill is set to pass Alaska Legislature
Student mental health initiatives, such as SB 41, have been criticized for fostering explicit support for LGBTQ+ acceptance, affirmation, and related topics as part of addressing youth well-being, equity, and
Univ. of Alaska hosts race-based, gender queer graduations that exclude straight, white, American Christians
The so-called “Community and Belonging” department at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) recently put on two events to celebrate a long litany of various races and genders, while excluding straight, white, American
Former left-leaning Fairbanks Assemblyman Matt Cooper will be next Univ. of Alaska president
Matt Cooper, a longtime Alaskan attorney and former left-of-center Fairbanks Assemblyman, will become the University of Alaska's 18th
Mat-Su looks to let qualified staff conceal carry on school grounds
The Mat-Su School Board is looking to update its school safety policy by permitting qualified district employees, board members, and contracted individuals to voluntarily carry concealed handguns on school
Alaska library conference looks to recruit teens as LGBTQ/DEI activists
Librarians across Alaska are being trained in how to recruit and train children to become political agents who can promote books that contain sexually explicit material and themes that push LGBTQ, critical race theory, climate alarmism and DEI
Debunking false narratives about Alaska’s correspondence schools
The Alaska Association of School Boards recent chiding of correspondence school graduation rates and testing is not only one-sided – it’s misleading. AASB's remarks echo familiar talking points by the NEA teachers’ union on the need for more tracking
Alaska school board assoc. director claims homeschoolers need more oversight
Lon Garrison, who serves as executive director of the influential Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB), thinks Alaska’s nearly 24,000 correspondence students require more state oversight, testing and
OPINION: Alaska’s education industry uses your money to control the Legislature
Alaska's education industry spends your money, not to improve academic outcomes for students, but to demand more dollars for school districts so pre-approved union contracts can be
Alaska Senate passes bill to ‘normalize’ mental health education
In 19-1 vote, the Alaska State Senate passed a bill on April 10 that seeks to empower educational bureaucrats with the authority to craft and implement mental health guidelines for all public school
OPINION: Fairbanks schools’ $11.4M surplus undercuts funding ‘crisis’ narrative
The Fairbanks School District quietly built healthy reserves, while publicly pushing a narrative of crisis - closed schools, outsourced custodial services, rising class sizes, and staff reductions. Taxpayers were told more money was the only
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