Alaska school funding debate: Keep status quo or foster competition?
Debate about Alaska school funding all comes down to declining student numbers and a legislature that wants to maintain the status quo, without looking for meaningful alternatives to educate Alaskan
Sen. Hughes weighs in on hated PFD scheme, school funding bill, Alaska’s dire fiscal reality
The following column is excepted from Sen. Shelley Hughes’ (R-Palmer) May 5 email to constituents. It addresses controversial PFD proposals, a less than ideal school funding bill, and the dire fiscal reality that the state now faces after years of
OPINION: Expensive funding bill won’t improve Alaska’s failing schools
House Bill 57 (HB 57) introduces targeted reforms to Alaska’s public education system, including smaller class sizes, increased vocational funding, and reading incentive grants. However, these measures fail to address the foundational problems plaguing
OPINION: NEA-Alaska’s fights school choice to keep power, not to empower kids
In 2015, a group of philosophers had a conversation on Australian radio that asked whether having a loving family gives children an “unfair advantage.” While that might sound like an absurd question to most Alaskans, it actually touches on a real truth:
OPINION: School choice is the path forward for Alaska’s students
The Anchorage School District (ASD) is in financial trouble, and instead of taking responsibility, they’re demanding the rest of Alaska pay for it.
Alaska’s Senate GOP caucus is open to larger education budget if Dems agree to reforms
Members of the minority Alaska Senate Republican Caucus say they are open to increasing education funding across the board, including for homeschoolers and charter schools, so long as the Democrat-controlled majority agrees to pass meaningful education
Ed. choice allies to AK lawmakers: Don’t dump more money into failing schools without reforms
Some of Alaska’s leading voices on educational choice and parental rights have written letters to Alaska lawmakers urging them to oppose House Bill 69, which seeks to direct hundreds of millions of public dollars into the state education budget, but without
SEN. HUGHES: Despite union claims, growing Alaska school choice options helps all students
This week I expect much of my focus to be on policy and funding discussions to help our students and teachers achieve better outcomes as we move forward. Governor Dunleavy held a lengthy press conference on the topic late last week, and I agree that it is our
Gov. Dunleavy introduces education reform bills to expand school choice
Gov. Dunleavy introduces education reform bills to expand school choice in
Failing Fairbanks District set to shutter 5 schools as enrollment plummets
Facing rapidly declining enrollment, poor student test results and a growing number of families who have opted to leave standard public schooling for homeschool, the Fairbanks School District is set to permanently shutter five schools. The school board will
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