Alaska Education

Apparently Gov. Sarah Palin will be accepting the federal stimulus funding, including millions of dollars for education, which she had originally said she would not accept.

Here’s the pertinent parts of the press release:

Continue reading Govenor Palin apparently plans to accept stimulus funding afterall

Two Alaska students are among the first group of winners in the 2009 National Merit Scholarship Program. They will receive corporate-sponsored scholarships.

Continue reading Two Alaska Students Receive National Merit Scholarships

Alaska Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux released the following statement on the publicly funded preschool pilot program:

Continue reading Comment: School Districts Will Pilot Ideas for Publicly Funded Preschools

The just-completed legislative session lays the groundwork for significant improvements in Alaska’s public schools, Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux said recently.

Continue reading Commissioner LeDoux Reviews Recent Legislative Session

A pencil drawing by Mears Middle School eighth-grader Justin Atonio has been selected to represent Alaska in the 2009 All Kids Can CREATE!

Continue reading Anchorage Student’s Work Joins National Art Tour

The U.S. Department of Education has announced 560 semifinalists in the 2009 Presidential Scholars Program. Annually, up to 141 students are selected as Presidential Scholars.

Continue reading Alaskans are Among Presidential Scholarship Semifinalists

A number of Fairbanks North Star Borough School District stdents will be competing at the National History Day Contest.

Continue reading Fairbanks students to compete in National History Day

A number of students from Colony Middle School in Palmer have been punished  for allegedly harassing a moose into a fatal frenzy.

Continue reading Students disciplined for hazing moose to death

Seventeen Anchorage School District students won their respective divisions in the Alaska History Day contest and will advance to the national competition held at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Continue reading Anchorage students to compete in National History Day

The Legislature has approved a plan to change the way charter schools get funding.

Under the new plan, charter schools with fewer students will receive more money than they received in the past.

Continue reading Legislature changes way charter schools are funded