AK education lobby says mostly empty schools need full-size gyms for town gatherings
Despite the fact that scores of Alaska schools don’t have even enough students to field a small basketball team and dozens are shuttering due to plummeting enrollment, the Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB) claims the cash-strapped state should
National watchdog lists 1,600 sexually explicit books in 80 Alaska schools
For Alaska, the website lists 14 school districts that contain 1,611 sexually explicit books across more than 80 separate
Removed Mat-Su student art display blasts ‘older white men,’ calls Statue of Liberty a ‘fraud’
A recently removed school-authorized student art display at the Mat-Su Central correspondence school explicitly blamed traditional ideas and “older white people” for spreading hate and turning America’s Statue of Liberty into a fraudulent symbol of
Fixing Alaska education (part 2): We must end our long history of indoctrination
It all comes down to choice and who gets to make it. Will our children be captive to a modern indoctrination system or will they be given the opportunity to learn in a manner consistent with the values of their parents? School vouchers are constitutional and
Fixing Alaska failing public education system, Part 1
Alaska’s public education system is facing financial collapse due to dropping attendance, but while our leadership in Juneau knows it, they are incapable of fixing things due to bureaucratic incompetence and a self-imposed limitation they find in the Alaska
Mat-Su homeschoolers’ concert honors religious roots of Christmas
While most government-funded schools have stripped traditional and religious references from of their “winter concerts,” homeschool students at Mat-Su Central School put on a rousing holiday performance that included classic renditions of “O Holy
Alaska Turning Point chapter threatened by violent posters on Mat-Su campus
The newly launched Turning Point USA chapter at Mat-Su College was targeted this week by a masked man posting anti-Charlie Kirk posters that praised his death and included threats of violence against Turning
End of an era? Kenai expects plummeting student enrollment to continue
The Kenai School District is experiencing the effects of a profound shift impacting government-run education across Alaska. Students are leaving, budgets are shrinking and the old model is rapidly losing public
OPINION: Univ. of Alaska’s $365M ask should spark skepticism & support
Let’s continue to support what works: funding for programs that train Alaska’s workforce, innovative research like UAF’s, and infrastructure investments that keep campuses running. But let’s also ask tough questions. Are we funding marketing fluff?
Alaska wants ideas on ways to improve struggling public schools
Alaskans who have ideas on how the state might improve its struggling public education system are being encouraged to weigh in on a host of topics such as charter schools, curriculum, sex discrimination, student and parent rights, student testing, school
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