Fairbanks educators want control over students’ moral development
Hard-left administrators presiding over the Fairbanks School District want to use public schools to foster deep philosophical debate over highly controversial issues. Last week, the district asked the school board to approve a policy update that empowers and
Controversial issues spark heated debate at Fairbanks School Board
After a lengthy and heated discussion over whether teachers should be given a mandate to interject controversial issues into Fairbanks classrooms, the Fairbanks School Board unanimously struck down a proposed revision to its policy last week. The conservative
Fairbanks educators want backing to teach ‘controversial issues’ to kids
At its April 19 meeting, the Fairbanks School Board began early consideration of a policy change that would require the district’s superintendent and educational administrators to support teachers who wish to explore controversial issues during classroom
Burgeoning homeschool movement forces Fairbanks district to respond
Students in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District have had to endure a combination of divisive and aggressive leftist ideas, Covid closures and controversial masking policies. Many families have had enough, and are pulling their kids from
Fairbanks set to cut 70 teachers amid mass exodus from public schools
Facing a dramatic and continuing decline in student enrollment, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District voted earlier this month to shutter three elementary schools. Now, it is set to eliminate nearly 70 full-time teacher positions for next year.
Fairbanks mom reports trans biological male who entered girls’ locker room
Johanna Ray planned a winter birthday party for her six-year-old son during the Feb. 22 open swim time at the Hamme Pool in Fairbanks. What was supposed to be a family friendly environment was quickly shattered when a transgender biological male entered into
Abandoned Fairbanks baby shows need to publicize crisis pregnancy options
The dramatic rescue of a newborn marked the final hours of New Year’s Eve 2021 in Fairbanks, Alaska. A Good Samaritan found the baby along the roadside in freezing temperatures. Wrapped in blankets inside a cardboard box, the child came with a handwritten
Abandoned Fairbanks newborn must be a call to pro-life action
The Fairbanks baby found abandoned in a cardboard box – alive and wrapped in blankets – on New Year’s Eve, illustrates the necessity of pro-life pregnancy support groups across Alaska. Desperate young mothers who see no hope or any means of
The ‘RNC Pride Coalition’ is a bankrupt plan – politically and spiritually
In his book, “God and Government,” Chuck Colson says, “the fact that God reigns can be manifest through political means, whenever the citizens of the Kingdom of God bring his light to bear on the institutions of the kingdoms of man.” As ambassadors of
Fairbanks school board ‘humiliated’ by district’s request to teach graphic sex-ed
Thanks to a 2016 state law, Alaska school districts must get approval from local school boards before they can teach new sex education material to children. On Oct. 19, the Fairbanks School District asked school board members to green light curriculum
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