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

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

The Anchorage Daily News this morning came out with a no-nonsense editorial  criticizing Gov. Sarah Palin for even considering not accepting the full fedearl stimulus money.

Continue reading Anchorage newspaper urges Palin to accept stimulus funds

The Juneau Empire this morning is reporting that the Juneau School Board has passed a resolution urging Gov. Sarah Palin to accept the federal education stimulus funding.

Continue reading Juneau School Board urges Palin to accept stimulus funding

The Alaska House Finance Committee voted yesterday (April 7) to add funding to the state capital budget to rebuild the Kalskag High School, which burned down earlier this year.

Continue reading Alaska House budget now includes money to rebuild Kalskag School

Anchorage superintendent Carol Comeau was in Washington, D.C. this week as part of a meeting of rural school district officials.  She met with the education secretary and learned more details about Barack Obama’s stimulus money — especially the large chunk aimed at education.

According to several news sources, Comeau would like to see Gov. Sarah Palin use the lion’s share of that education stimulus money to fund pre-school programs across the state.  The Anchorage Daily News ran an editorial supporting that stance.

Continue reading Anchorage superintendent, newspaper pushing for pre-school funding

The University of Alaska Board of Regents will gather in Juneau Feb. 17-18, 2009, to consider numerous proposals, including a new graduate certificate in statistics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a revision to the master plan for the University of Alaska Anchorage and a resolution supporting creation of the Alaska Native Education and Research Council.

Continue reading UA Regents to meet in Juneau

Governor Sarah Palin has reappointed Cindy Lou Aillaud of Delta Junction and Linda Black of Anchorage, and appointed Jill Exe of Barrow and Louis Pondolfino of Anchorage to the Professional Teaching Practices Commission.

Continue reading Governor appoints three to teaching practices commission

Governor Sarah Palin has appointed Janel Keplinger of Kodiak to the State Board of Education & Early Development.

Keplinger will hold a Public-at-Large seat for a term of five years, effective March 1. The seat was formerly held by Sylvia Reynolds.

Continue reading Kodiak teacher appointed to the State Board of Education