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Hearing set for Alaska bill aimed at expanding protections for girls’ sports

EducationMarch 13, 2024

This past fall, Alaska’s Board of Education adopted new regulations that prohibit gender-confused biological males from competing in girls’ high school sports. Now, state lawmakers are looking to codify these protections in Alaska Statute, while expanding

Concerns raised that leftist dogma will be smuggled into Alaska schools via ‘mental health’ bill

EducationMarch 12, 2024

Concerns raised that leftist dogma will be smuggled into Alaska schools via ‘mental health’

OPINION: Governor plays education ‘hardball’ with AK lawmakers in effort to improve schools

EducationMarch 11, 2024

Some legislators seem to be taken back by the governor’s strong stance that he will veto SB 140 if items to improve student outcomes aren’t moved through the legislative process by his veto deadline of March 14.

Ketchikan woman alleges local officials retaliated against her for challenging library books

EducationFebruary 14, 2024

Ketchikan resident Deborah Simon has filed a formal complaint with the Alaska Attorney General’s Office against the City of Ketchikan, the Ketchikan Public Library, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District and the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School Board

Record low 17% of H.S. grads were eligible for Alaska performance scholarship in 2023

EducationFebruary 14, 2024

The percentage of Alaska high school graduates who can meet the basic minimum requirements to obtain an Alaska Performance Scholarship hit a new record low in

AK senator derides critics of her plan to grow education budget as ‘white supremacy’ supporters

EducationFebruary 13, 2024

In a highly partisan and incendiary speech, Alaska State Sen. Löki Tobin (D-Anchorage) suggested that those who oppose massive funding increases for government schools are part of the legacy of white

WARNING: Anyone can become the victim of a far-left cult

CultureFebruary 12, 2024

We take comfort in the fact that the influences of cults are far removed from our everyday lives. Nothing could be further from the

Fiercely independent Alaskan homeschoolers set for annual convention

EducationFebruary 9, 2024

APHEA is a non-profit coalition of parents and families who work to further educational excellence through alternatives to state-operated public schools – including public homeschool programs. Since 1986, the group has actively resisted any attempt by the

Mat-Su School Board should cull several highly sexual library books, administration says

FeaturedFebruary 8, 2024

Mat-Su Superintendent Randy Trani's administration gave a presentation to the Mat-Su School Board on Feb. 7 in which it recommended that the board vote to remove several highly sexualized and deeply controversial books from the borough’s school

Despite tanking enrollment, Fairbanks wants to raise taxes by $10M to benefit public schools

EducationFebruary 8, 2024

Sponsored by Borough Mayor Bryce Ward and Assembly members Savannah Fletcher and Brett Rotermund, the ordinance aims to ask borough residents if they would approve an increase to the tax cap so that the borough could tax residents an additional $10 million

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