WEBINAR: Anchorage families have options after school district restricts use of correspondence funds
Many concerned Anchorage families are wondering what they can do after the Anchorage School District decided to severely restrict how residents utilize correspondence allotment funds for the upcoming academic year. In particular, school-choice advocates are
Alaska education board delays vote to ban biological males from girls high school sports
After receiving more than 1,300 written comments and listening to more than two and a half hours of public testimony, the Alaska State Board of Education chose to delay making a final decision on whether to ban gender-confused biological males from
Anchorage School District restricts use of homeschool funds for private education
In a move that could inspire many more homeschooling families to drop out of the already rapidly shrinking Anchorage School District, school officials have decided to clamp down on families that utilize homeschool allotment funds to send their children to
AK school administrators claim it’s unfair to ban males from competing as high school girls
The premier organization that provides leadership, training and activism for many public-school superintendents and principals across Alaska wants the state to allow gender-confused biological males to compete as girls. Executive Director of the Alaska
Alaska’s school districts awash in $194M in unspent Covid funds
Almost $194 million – 36% – of federal COVID-19 relief funds are sitting in the coffers of Alaska school
Mat-Su woman recounts ongoing quest to remove toxic teen sex book from public libraries
Has anyone heard about the book “Let’s Talk About It”? You might have heard how it’s an obscene book that’s been challenged in Ketchikan, Fairbanks, Anchorage and Mat-Su Valley. The cover bills it as a “Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships, and
Ketchikan City council deems teen sex book ‘pervasively vulgar’ and ‘unsuitable’ for library’s youth section
Two weeks after narrowly voting to keep a graphic teen sex book in the youth section of the local library, the Ketchikan City Council voted 4-3 to override the head librarian and move the book to the adult section. In their July 6 vote the majority of the
Radical librarians’ network includes scores of Alaskans
A national library network that encourages librarians to push scandalous books to children without parental knowledge has scores of Alaska librarians within its ranks. Library 2.0 is a massive organization that includes thousands of librarians from across the
America continues to have historically low faith in major institutions
Trust in America’s largest governmental, religious, educational, medical and educational institutions continues to languish at or near historic lows, according to the latest findings from Gallup. “Americans’ confidence in institutions in 2023 represents
Public comment period opens on plan to protect Alaska girls’ sports from gender-confused males
Public comment period opens on plan to protect Alaska girls’ sports from gender-confused
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