Alaska school funding debate: Keep status quo or foster competition?
Debate about Alaska school funding all comes down to declining student numbers and a legislature that wants to maintain the status quo, without looking for meaningful alternatives to educate Alaskan
Sen. Hughes weighs in on hated PFD scheme, school funding bill, Alaska’s dire fiscal reality
The following column is excepted from Sen. Shelley Hughes’ (R-Palmer) May 5 email to constituents. It addresses controversial PFD proposals, a less than ideal school funding bill, and the dire fiscal reality that the state now faces after years of
OPINION: Expensive funding bill won’t improve Alaska’s failing schools
House Bill 57 (HB 57) introduces targeted reforms to Alaska’s public education system, including smaller class sizes, increased vocational funding, and reading incentive grants. However, these measures fail to address the foundational problems plaguing
SURVEY: Mat-Su parents asked if they want a notice when kids check out books
A new survey is asking whether parents want to be notified when their child checks out material at any one of the Mat-Su Borough’s five library
Want to run for local office in Juneau? Here’s how
For those thinking about running for local office in Juneau’s upcoming October election, a May 3 workshop is scheduled to help navigate the fundamentals of waging a successful
University of Alaska sponsors gender-bending sexuality presentation
A gender-bending professor at the University of Alaska Southeast recently headlined an official, campus-sponsored talk to promote the notion that sexuality is fluid, and gender is primarily a social
OPINION: NEA-Alaska’s fights school choice to keep power, not to empower kids
In 2015, a group of philosophers had a conversation on Australian radio that asked whether having a loving family gives children an “unfair advantage.” While that might sound like an absurd question to most Alaskans, it actually touches on a real truth:
Homeschoolers overperform in Alaska poetry contest
While comprising only about 23% of Alaska’s student population, homeschool students outperformed their brick-and-mortar public school counterparts in the Alaska State Champion for Poetry Out
INVITE: Find out how to bring the Gospel to public school students in Anchorage
We’re seeing record lows in church attendance, biblical literacy and professions of faith, and all-time highs in depression among youth. To turn this tide, we're launching the first LifeWise Academy at Clark Middle School in
OPINION: Here’s how Alaska funds schools – a failing formula
The Anchorage School District (ASD) is in financial trouble, and instead of taking responsibility, they’re demanding the rest of Alaska pay for it.
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