The just-completed legislative session lays the groundwork for significant improvements in Alaska’s public schools, Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux said recently.
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It isn’t very likely that the Tanana School District is going to get the $150,000 bailout it was asking the state Legislature for. Continue reading Bailout unlikely for Tanana School District Tanana Schools, a small school district with 60 students and only one school, is hoping for $200,000 from the state in order to avoid bankruptcy. The Anchorage Daily News this morning has an interesting story about efforts by the Anchorage School District to help Alaska Native Students. Continue reading Anchorage tutors work to boost Alaska Native students The University of Alaska Board of Regents will meet at Prince William Sound Community College next Wednesday and Thursday, April 8 & 9. Continue reading UA Regents head to Valdez for April meeting Earlier this morning, President Barack Obama signed the $410 billion omnibus bill, funding the government’s agencies for another year. Before he signed it, the president remarked that it was an imperfect bill, mostly because of all of the earmarks put in by various senators and representatives. Thanks to the dedicated (and slightly obsessed) folks over at Taxpayers for Common Sense, here are a list of the Alaskan education projects and organizations earmarked for funding in the bill: A three-year $450,000 donation from New York Life will support the Alaska Summer Research Academy and the Rural Alaska Honors Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Both programs are geared for Alaska high school students. Introduced in 2001, ASRA provides an intensive, two-week residential learning experience for middle and high school students with an interest in science, engineering or liberal arts. RAHI is a bridging program that helps ease the academic and social transition between high school and college. RAHI students live on the Fairbanks campus for six weeks in the summer, taking courses and experiencing life in a college setting while earning between 7 and 10 college credits for their work. Lena Bernadette Ferguson, who for 25 years taught at the Chevak School, died March 3. Continue reading Lena Bernadette Ferguson, devoted teacher and coach, dies The Anchorage Daily News today has a story about the Chugach School District’s Voyage to Excellence program, a program that brings rural Alaska high school kids to the “big city” for a few weeks at a time to help them learn important life skills. Continue reading Chugach School District’s Voyage to Excellence program boasts 98% grad rate |
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