EDITORIAL: Alaska’s failed schools can’t admit their old order is ‘rapidly fadin’
Earlier this week, school districts in Fairbanks and Kuspuk filed suit against the State of Alaska in hopes that a judge will order the state to spend more money on an aging and failed educational model that is undergoing a fundamental revolution, in real
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
FAILING GRADE: 2/3 of Alaska students still can’t pass reading, math, science
The latest state and national assessments of Alaska’s public school students reveal that the failure to teach basic reading, math and science is a continuing and chronic
Defiant leftist lawmakers have no desire to pass policy changes for Alaska’s failing schools
It appears that Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s attempt to get left-leaning lawmakers to pass concrete educational reforms has fallen on defiant ears. Rather than focus on expanding school choice, instituting educational tax credits and addressing a student reading
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