Covid Conversations: What Alaska parents aren’t told about the jab
Alaska Covid Alliance wanted to reach out to you concerning Covid vaccines and children, as it’s that time of year when parents are preparing kids to head back to school. It’s also a time when the State of Alaska is rolling out a massive campaign to
Struggling AK schools need flexible choices, better teachers, transparency
By Aubrey Wursten – Alaska Policy Forum Statistics consistently illustrate the benefits of increased parental involvement in their children’s education, and Alaska Policy Forum supports measures to improve this engagement. The Center
AK schools have spent 40% of their $538M in Covid cash – mostly on salaries, benefits
Over the past two years, Alaska’s public schools have taken in more than $538 million in federal Covid relief money. Of that, they have only spent $187 million, about 40%. The state launched a comprehensive dashboard detailing exactly how much money each
Female UAA athlete gets NCAA ‘Woman of the Year’ nomination – won’t have to beat biological male
The Great Northwest Athletic Conference picked University of Alaska Anchorage basketball star Tennae Voliva as one of two nominees to advance to the next stage for the prestigious NCAA Woman of the Year award, the league office announced last month.
Dept. of Law: Alaskans can use state homeschool funds to pay for religious school services
Alaska Deputy Attorney General Cori Mills released the Department of Law’s opinion affirming that parents can use funds from public homeschool programs to pay for services provided by private or religious schools when doing so supports their public
Amid calls to cancel Shakespeare, Alaska theater continues 30-year mission to honor ‘The Bard’
For 30 years the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre has provided high quality Shakespearean productions in an effort to deepen appreciation of, and expand the audience for, Shakespearean theater in Interior Alaska. Since launching its first performance in 1992
We can – and must – stand up to lies
We live in a world of lies, falsehoods and deliberate deception. — Men can become women by willing it so. — Unborn babies with their own hearts, fingerprints and DNA are not “fully developed,” and can be justly dismembered in the womb. —
How to oppose Biden’s scheme to redefine biological ‘sex’ in public schools
President Joe Biden is seeking to change the rules when it comes to defining biological sex in educational institutions that rely on federal funding. His administration just released its proposal which literally redefines male and female in Title IX of
Crumbling trust in major institutions signals trouble in America
High public trust in major religious, cultural, political and economic institutions is a bell weather marker for a strong, robust and effective nation. Confidence in these institutions lend credibility and public support to their work. America, however, is in
Movement equips parents to gut libraries of gender confusing books
With taxpayer-funded public libraries in Alaska and across the country increasingly choosing to highlight and prominently display sexualized and gender queer books aimed at young children, especially during so-called “LGBTQ Pride Month,” a national
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