OPINION: Radical language wars serve leftist agenda in Alaska and beyond
Controlling the dictionary is more powerful than controlling Congress, because it decides who sounds reasonable before a single vote is
OPINION: Are Alaska’s latest reading reforms another flash in the educational pan?
This is the fundamental problem with Alaska’s approach: we implement pieces of successful reforms and then act surprised when the results never materialize. Structured literacy isn’t a one-time course correction - it’s an
Mat-Su pro-life center doubles impact, opens new medical wing
This past year, the growing outreach reported that it has doubled its impact with 4,312 total visits, 1,352 parenting classes, 1,390 spiritual conversations, 26,639 items distributed, 323 pregnancy tests, 359 ultrasounds, 76 STI/STD tests, 15
OPINION: More hypocrisy from Alaska’s dying mainstream media
If the Alaska Press Club was truly concerned about preserving the Constitutional rights of others, they would have spoken out loudly when these obvious First Amendment violations occurred, and yet they said nothing. Instead, they are attacking a member of our
Fairbanks district loses another 589 students, many opting for homeschool
The standard, brick and mortar government education model continues to decline in Fairbanks, where the school district is reporting the loss of another 589 students this
EDITORIAL: Will Mat-Su stay conservative? A tiny fraction of voters will decide
Of the nearly 100,000 registered voters in the Mat-Su Borough, roughly 10,000 to 15,000 will likely decide who gets to enact local laws, craft school policy and shape the political landscape in the coming
Top Alaska lawmakers urged to audit state education for systemic corruption
This is a call for a top-to-bottom legal review of state education policies, from hiring and DEI mandates to athletic and facility access rules, asking every state to conduct legal housekeeping to restore trust and
Self-professed ‘EnviroQueers’ boast of ‘outsized impact’ on future of Fairbanks
If a well-heeled and determined environmentalist group has its way, the next few years will bring about climate-change inspired mandates, the end of fossil fuels, carbon taxation, roadblocks to state and federal efforts at expanding oil, gas and mineral
OPINION: Alaska GOP must reflect values of growing conservative young-adult base
Alaska's GOP should resist the temptation to moderate its pro-family, pro-faith platform in an attempt to appeal to young voters broadly. The data demonstrate that young Trump supporters already embrace family-oriented values rooted in religious conviction;
Alaska’s ‘radical social studies standards’ blasted by national conservative media
The [Alaska Education] department’s regular personnel have failed so completely to provide adequate social studies standards that Alaska’s policymakers should step in and appoint an independent commission to draft depoliticized, content-rich social
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