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    2021 report: Alaska schools fail to teach basic reading, writing and math

    Education Joel Davidson - 12
    Alaska Policy Forum (APF), a nonprofit think tank in Anchorage, published a new interactive map showing that Alaska’s public schools are failing to teach...
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    Fairbanks teachers want 12-year-olds exposed to explicit sex-ed videos

    Abortion Joel Davidson - 21
    With school board elections now behind them, the left-leaning majority of the Fairbanks North Star School Board heard a request from the school district...
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    Mat-Su Schools report on divisive masks, enrollment levels and academics

    Education Joel Davidson - 3
    While the Mat-Su School District continues to grapple with low enrollment and intense community debate over whether students should be forced to wear masks...
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    Fairbanks values voter guide looks to boost city’s conservative resurgence

    Abortion Joel Davidson - 4
    Fairbanks conservatives surged to victory in 2020 with seven of eight races going their way. In an effort to build on this momentum and...
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    Alaska cancels survey asking teens about sexual orientation and gender ID

    Education Joel Davidson - 5
    Alaska has cancelled its biennial survey in which the state gathers detailed information about the sexual practices, drug use and general health of Alaska...
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    Website empowers Alaska parents to address problems with schools

    Education Joel Davidson - 2
    Amid COVID mandates, critical race theory, LGBT agendas and a litany of other issues playing out in Alaska’s public schools, a new website has...
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    Fairbanks school board to vote on whether to promote LGBTQ history, role models to students

    Education Joel Davidson - 20
    The Fairbanks School Board is set to vote on whether to encourage area schools to recognize LGBTQ history month. A resolution for the Sept. 21...
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    Alaska to gather data on teens sexual orientation and gender identity

    Abortion Joel Davidson - 9
    In a few weeks, tens of thousands of teens from all across Alaska will be given time during school to fill out the Alaska...
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    Fairbanks candidates reveal hard-left agenda during political forum

    Abortion Joel Davidson - 5
    Ten candidates running for borough or city offices in Fairbanks this October participated in a recent online forum where they shared views on LGBTQ...
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    Anchorage School board looks to prioritize student testimony over parents

    Education Joel Davidson - 14
    Members of the Anchorage School Board have gotten an earful over the past year from parents who are disturbed by the introduction of critical...
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    Heated masking debate dominates Mat-Su School Board meeting

    Education Joel Davidson - 20
    Parents, teachers and students on both sides of the mask mandate debate expressed strong opinions at the Sept. 1 Mat-Su School Board meeting. Mat-Su School...
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    Alaska’s school mask controversy playing out across the nation

    Education Joel Davidson - 14
    It turns out that mask mandates disputes are not isolated to Alaska’s school districts. A new Gallup report indicates that the issue has become...
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    Alaska school board association bans non-vaxed members from attending events

    Education Joel Davidson - 25
    Alaska school board members who decline to get a COVID shot are now banned from all in-person events held by the Association of Alaska...
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    Alaska joins 20-state lawsuit to block transgender mandates in public schools

    Education Joel Davidson - 5
    Alaska is part of a 20-state federal lawsuit to stop the Biden administration from imposing transgender mandates on public schools. Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor signed...
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    Mat-Su parents hold early-morning protest against school mask mandates

    Education Joel Davidson - 45
    An estimated 30 to 35 Mat-Su parents, students and others turned out for a 7 a.m. protest rally outside Career Tech High School on...
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    Anchorage librarian defends her qualifications to lead city’s libraries

    Education Joel Davidson - 7
    Sami Graham, who has been nominated by Mayor Dave Bronson to lead the Anchorage library system, answered tough questions from Anchorage Assembly members regarding...
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    Mat-Su teachers being trained to push radical ‘social justice’ agenda

    Education Joel Davidson - 21
    Hundreds of newly hired teachers in the Mat-Su School District are being instructed to infuse their classrooms with controversial and divisive ideas rooted in...
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    Juneau imposes greater restrictions on unvaxed students and staff

    Education Joel Davidson - 22
    The Juneau School District will take a very different approach to students and staff who have not been unvaccinated when schools open on Aug....
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    Mayor urges Anchorage superintendent to ditch universal masking in schools

    Education Joel Davidson - 11
    Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has been clear, even while campaigning to be mayor, that he adamantly opposes mandating residents wear masks. On Friday, Aug....
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    Activist Anchorage educators to rally in support of teaching Critical Race Theory

    Education Joel Davidson - 71
    The Alaska Coalition of BIPOC Educators (ACBE) plans to protest any attempt to block them from indoctrinating children with controversial ideas associated with critical...
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