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REPORT CARD: Alaska ranks poorly on educational freedom

EducationSeptember 13, 2022

A new report looking at educational freedom in all 50 states found that Alaska is near the bottom of the stack. Published Sept. 9 by the Heritage Foundation, the Education Freedom Report Card serves as a guide for assessing educational freedoms in each state.

Alaska House Candidate: Here’s how to stop leftists from destroying public schools

EducationSeptember 13, 2022

Alaska’s education system has failed our children. Nationally, Alaska is 47th in education and our fourth graders are dead last. How can this be when Alaska spends more per-pupil on education than most other states in the nation? That’s abject failure.

ACT TODAY: Tell Biden to stop his attack on women, parental rights & religious liberty

EducationSeptember 11, 2022

As you know, we usually focus on the battle front in Alaska, but this federal move by the Biden Administration DEMANDS our attention and immediate action because it directly impacts our children and grandchildren! Here’s what’s happening: The

Input needed: Should Alaska ask teens detailed questions about sexual practices?

AbortionSeptember 9, 2022

The State of Alaska is seeking input into which questions should be asked during the biennial Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which typically gathers information about the sexual practices, drug use home life and general health and wellbeing of high

Mat-Su School Board partially rescinds controversial transgender guideline

EducationSeptember 8, 2022

With a packed room of highly concerned parents on hand, the Mat-Su School Board voted 5-1 on Sept. 7 to rescind one part of a 2015 guideline that had previously allowed gender-confused students to access locker rooms and bathrooms that were not in alignment

School psychologist asks Mat-Su teachers to secretly affirm students’ LGBTQ identities

EducationSeptember 7, 2022

An activist school psychologist within the Mat-Su School District is using his position to encourage educators at several elementary schools to secretly affirm students who believe they are gay, bi-sexual or transgender. Jake Balaskovits is a roving school

Most of Alaska faces population decline as birth rates plummet

CultureSeptember 2, 2022

With fewer Alaskans choosing to have children the state’s population is expected to begin a decades-long decline in most areas. Overall, thanks mostly to growth in the Mat-Su, Alaska’s population is predicted to slightly increase by 24,800 people

Video shows how leftist assist. principal covertly manipulates Conn. public school

EducationAugust 31, 2022

Editor’s note: While this story does not directly deal with Alaska’s public schools, it points to a systemic problem in government run schools, especially with how leftist educational bureaucrats treat conservative parents. Click here to read our

Transgender protocol blindsides Mat-Su School Board & they plan to address it

EducationAugust 30, 2022

The Mat-Su School Board was caught off guard when a little-known administrative protocol on transgender students came to light last week. Written in 2015, but essentially buried deep in the school district’s website and completely unknown to several

CDC recommends Alaska ask teens about oral and anal sex practices, gender ID

AbortionAugust 24, 2022

A year after cancelling its biennial survey in which the State of Alaska gathers detailed information about the sexual practices, drug use, home life and general health of high school teens, the Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is back. This year the

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