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OPINION: Ways Alaska can address its ongoing workforce crisis

EducationFebruary 5, 2023

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum People of all ages are unprepared for the evolving job market, but Alaska can adopt policies to help learners prepare for good careers and meet the needs of the state’s economy. Alaska businesses are

Alaska’s Senate majority considers slashing PFD to add $250M to public education

Alaska Permanent Fund DividendFebruary 1, 2023

Alaska’s Democratic-controlled Senate majority caucus is attempting to justify deep cuts to this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend checks in order to pump an extra $250 million dollars into public education, along with paying down massive amounts of

Alaska Assoc. of School Boards wants hundreds of millions more for failing public schools

EducationJanuary 31, 2023

The Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB) is lobbying state lawmakers to pump hundreds of millions of more dollars into Alaska’s failing public school system next year. In particular, the AASB wants the State Legislature to approve a massive expansion

Alaska Health Dept. promotes pro-abortion, LGBTQ youth group in Homer

AbortionJanuary 31, 2023

While Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy recently told the Alaska Legislature that he wants to make Alaska the “most pro-life state in the country,” his subordinates over at the Alaska Department of Health are undermining this vision by promoting a radical LGBTQ

NEA-Alaska’s vision is a tired and disastrous nightmare for our kids

EducationJanuary 30, 2023

All sides of the educational debate are now forced to admit that most government-run schools in Alaska are an abysmal failure. Every new study reinforces the fact that Alaska students continue to languish at the bottom of the pile in terms of basic – yes

Aside from homeschooling, Alaska ranks poorly on educational choice

EducationJanuary 30, 2023

By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Heritage Foundation recently released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card for the U.S. states and Washington, D.C. Alaska ranked 45th overall and is in the bottom ten states for having few

Alaska families lawyer up fight for educational freedoms

EducationJanuary 27, 2023

A group of Alaskan families are preparing to defend the state’s correspondence school program against a lawsuit aimed at banning the use of state-approve allotments for non-religious educational services or expenses at private or religious schools. Filed on

UAA opens ‘Pride Center’ to encourage Alaska students in exploring gender identity & sexual orientation

CultureJanuary 24, 2023

The publicly funded University of Alaska unveiled its new Pride Center during a flashy Jan. 17 grand opening on its Anchorage campus. Decorated in transgender, Black Live Matter, and rainbow flags, the new center is located next to the Student Union for

Mat-Su School Board calls state’s youth sex survey ‘disgusting’ and ‘insane’

EducationJanuary 21, 2023

A controversial youth survey from the Alaska Department of Health will likely be rejected in state’s second largest school district. On Jan. 18, the Mat-Su School Board held a work session in which the majority emphatically condemned the idea of using local

Alaska Principal of the Year detained, forced to take psych. test after posting video of religious experience

EducationJanuary 21, 2023

One of the most widely respected school principals in Alaska was taken from her Mat-Su home to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center on Jan. 18, three days after posting a four-hour video recounting a profound spiritual experience that she says has changed her life.

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