Alaskans aren’t really empowered to call a constitutional convention (Part 4)
By J.H. Snider – The Fulcrum Editor’s note: The following is the final column in a four-part series on Alaska’s 2022 Constitutional Convention vote, which included massive amounts of outside spending to convince Alaskans to vote against holding a
OPINION: Alaska’s standardized test labels can mislead parents on students’ performance
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) assessment, administered for the first time in the spring of 2022 to Alaskan K-12 students, promises continuity with mid-year assessments and less testing time —
OPINION: If Chugach/Eagle River secedes from Anchorage we can strengthen parental rights in education
Editor’s note: EaglExit is a growing grassroots movement of Chugiak/Eagle River residents who are working to formally secede from Anchorage to create a new independent borough. The aim is to create a small government that can better deliver essential
Washington State lawmakers agree to let kids get sex-change surgeries without parent permission
Alaska’s closest geographical neighbor in the U.S. is about to let minor children get irreversible sex-change surgeries without their parents’ permission. The Washington State House and Senate have passed a bill that would give youth shelters
EDITORIAL: Concerns over Gov. Dunleavy’s childcare expansion plan
It’s clear that Alaska, like much of the nation, has a workforce shortage, and we desperately need more people to fill key positions in the private and public sectors. It’s also apparent that the childcare industry, like most others, is suffering from
Mat-Su revamps protocols to protect students in wake of controversial school book fair
Mat-Su schools that plan to host book fairs in which private vendors sell materials to children and parents, must now first provide parents with a list of the books on display. Additionally, parents must be notified two weeks prior to the fair so they have
School Board Assoc. director dismisses critics who point out Alaska’s dismal student test scores
Lon Garrison, who serves as executive director of the influential Alaska Association of School Boards, recently posted a sharply worded column in which he blasts those who note that dismal standardized test scores are objective evidence that Alaska’s public
Alaska school districts are sitting on $242 million in unspent Covid funds
By Sarah Montalbano – Alaska Policy Forum The state of Alaska published the Alaska K–12 Education COVID-19 Federal Relief Funding Dashboard to make transparent how much federal COVID-19 relief funding school districts received and how the
OPINION: Anchorage needs Moore
There is a saying that we get the government we want. If that’s the case, we want a government that is soft on crime, raises our property taxes, raises our rents, keeps pouring more money into our failing schools, and treats homelessness as a virtue rather
No drag queens here: Virtue-based story hour counters Anchorage drag queens targeting kids
In response to a slew of LGBTQ activest-driven drag queen events that target Anchorage children, a new virtue and family centered company is launching “Brave Books Story Hour” at the Loussac Library. Produced by GoodTube Kids founder Chris Gonzales, the
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