Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored
Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated ...
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Nearly 2 decades after Alaska school asked state to fund repair, its building is about to collapse
Over the past 25 years, state officials have largely ignored hundreds of requests by rural school districts to fix the ...
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Alaska legislators ask feds to reinstate program that sent money to rural schools
The Alaska House is asking Congress to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
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Alaska lawmakers show renewed interest in funding maintenance of school buildings beset by ‘dilapidation’
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development broadly recommends that 3% of building values be allotted annually ...
University of Alaska shutters diversity center, 'retires' diversity officer in continued response to anti-DEI orders
The University of Alaska Anchorage has removed its chief diversity officer and the University of Alaska Fairbanks closed a diversity center as the university moves to respond to a "changing federal ...
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Opinion: I’m a retired teacher. The first step to fixing Alaska schools is reducing class sizes.
Reducing class size has to be the starting point to improve outcomes. Start there and if 20 or 22 students per room doesn’t ...
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‘Schools have been waiting’: Alaska House passes public school funding boost
The bill’s sponsor called it a “wonderful compromise.” It boosts the largest part of the state’s public school funding ...
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
The Sleetmute school, nestled on the upper reaches of the Kuskokwim River, amid the spruce and birch forest of Alaska's ...
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Alaska House lawmakers tweak education bill ahead of final vote expected Wednesday
The four approved changes all came from members of the Republican House minority, who have complained in recent weeks about ...
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Alaska legislators ask feds to reinstate program that sent money to rural schools
The Alaska House of Representatives is asking Congress ... pass a resolution urging Congress to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
The Sleetmute school, nestled on the upper reaches of the Kuskokwim River, amid the spruce and birch forest of Alaska's Interior, has few options. Like many schools in Alaska, it's owned by the ...