Category: Education - Page 15

Despite sharp decline in student population, Anchorage Assembly seeks $62M in new school bond debt

EducationDecember 13, 2023

While Anchorage has lost more than 6,000 students over the past two decades, the Anchorage Assembly wants area taxpayers to approve a $62-million-dollar bond package to construct, renovate, and plan new school building projects. At the Dec. 19 Assembly

Alaska seeks to lower standards for students to be deemed ‘proficient’ in math & reading

EducationDecember 12, 2023

With lowered expectations, Alaska's new proposal could classify more students as academically “proficient” without actually raising their overall

State health specialist urges Alaska schools to implement mental health plan laced with DEI, CRT & LGBTQ agendas

EducationDecember 8, 2023

State health specialist urges Alaska schools to implement mental health plan laced with DEI, CRT & LGBTQ

Mat-Su School Board chooses father of nine to fill vacant seat

EducationDecember 7, 2023

The Mat-Su School Board selected 21-year Alaskan and father of nine children, Anthony Pitcher, to fill the vacant school board seat.

Radical Juneau School Board looks for ways to skirt new state regulations on transgender athletes

EducationDecember 4, 2023

Radical Juneau School Board looks for ways to skirt new state regulations on transgender

Data shows Alaska students’ performance in steady decline since 2009

EducationNovember 30, 2023

Data shows Alaska students’ performance is in steady

Wasilla Library classifies all 2,000 teen books as ‘adult’ amid controversy over sexual content

CrimeNovember 28, 2023

Wasilla Library classifies all 2,000 teen books as ‘adult’ amid controversy over sexual

Pro-life director among 9 candidates vying to fill vacant Mat-Su school board seat

EducationNovember 27, 2023

Pro-life director among 9 candidates vying to fill vacant Mat-Su school board

ANALYSIS: How we fund Alaska education matters more than how much we spend

EducationNovember 24, 2023

Simply increasing the overall budget for education is not sufficient to improve outcomes; it is essential to target effective initiatives and expand access to options that do more with less, such as correspondence schools and charter

Alaska AG puts schools, libraries on notice regarding sexualization of minors

EducationNovember 22, 2023

Alaska school districts and libraries that disseminate sexualized content, pornographic books or controversial sex-education material to minors have been officially put on notice by Attorney General Treg

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