OPINION: We can change a degenerate society by living and doing what’s right
While it often feels as though we’ve lost the battle against the Left’s all-out assault on western civilization, basic biology, and Judeo-Christian values, there are glimmers of
Governor vetoes record-high school spending bill that fails to include policies for failing schools
In vetoing the education bill crafted by the Democrat-led majorities in the Alaska Legislature, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said the flawed legislation did not address Alaska’s disastrous educational outcomes but simply sought to spend more
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
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
Alaska homeschooler among top 1% in Armed Forces test
Josiah Ruse, who is enrolled in the Alaska Homeschool program based in Delta, has joined an elite group of Americans to earn a perfect score in the Armed Forces Qualification
Alaska’s most independent homeschoolers to hold 39th convention
Alaska’s longest running homeschool organization is holding its 39th annual conference next month in Anchorage.
OPINION: Spending bill would let Alaska schools reap what they did not sow
These are bad faith negotiators. At a time when Alaska finds itself starving on many levels, the education system has decided to strike while the iron is hot and take a giant bite out of the apple while the rest of us sit around and watch it being eaten. How
Alaska’s Senate GOP caucus is open to larger education budget if Dems agree to reforms
Members of the minority Alaska Senate Republican Caucus say they are open to increasing education funding across the board, including for homeschoolers and charter schools, so long as the Democrat-controlled majority agrees to pass meaningful education
Legal battle resumes on fate of Alaska’s homeschool allotment program
As expected, the battle has resumed over whether Alaska’s growing homeschool population can utilize state-funded correspondence programs to access educational goods and services provided at private and religious entities. Last summer, the Alaska Supreme
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