Alaska birth rates down, while death rates remain higher than 5-year average
The latest report, covering all of 2022, showed a continuing decline in births and birth rates among Alaskans, as well as relatively higher death rates across most age
Evaluations of Fairbanks schools worsen among parents, staff & students
Survey shows Fairbanks schools declining according to parents, staff and
State law gives Alaskans a tool to hold wayward educators accountable
Over the past few years, school districts in Alaska and around the nation have faced heated disputes regarding activist educators who use their influence and position to push controversial political or social ideology on impressionable students. Some school
VOTER GUIDE: Where Fairbanks candidates stand on the hot button social and cultural issues
VOTER GUIDE: Where Fairbanks candidates stand on the hot button social and cultural
Don’t waste it: Fairbanks election gives voters a chance to ‘get our own house in order’
Don’t waste it: Fairbanks election gives voters a chance to ‘get our own house in
Leftist-backed candidates threaten to undermine conservative Mat-Su School board
Leftist-backed candidates threaten to dilute conservative Mat-Su School
Record number of Americans dissatisfied with K-12 schooling
With a new school year now underway in Alaska and across the nation, a record high 63% of Americans now say they are dissatisfied with the state of public education, according to a recent national Gallup poll. The loss of faith in public schools cuts across
Anchorage Superintendent inexplicably disinvites Medal of Freedom honoree Dr. Ben Carson
While Anchorage School District Superintendent Jharrett Bryantt has inexplicably prohibited famed brain surgeon and national educational advocate Dr. Ben Carson from visiting Mountain View Elementary School, Carson is planning to visit some private schools in
Biden’s heavily criticized DOT Secretary Buttigieg is in Alaska for the week
After laying low following a series of national transportation flubs, President Biden’s openly gay and politically divisive Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in Alaska this week to tout the president’s massive infrastructure spending spree.
REPORT: Florida students far outperform Alaska’s
A new report from the Alaska Policy Forum breaks the ongoing struggles of Alaska students and compares them to similarly situated students in Florida who are excelling in academics. The report looks at data from the 2022 National Assessment of Educational
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