Students from far flung places like Greenland, Indonesia and Palestine are spending a school year in Alaska. They met in Juneau earlier this month for a student orientation.
Education
Indigenous language educators work to establish Master’s teaching program at University of Alaska Southeast
Language educators in Juneau are working to create a Master’s in Teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast. It would be the first of its kind in Alaska.
Juneau School Board selects three finalists for new superintendent
Two candidates are already based in Juneau, and all three have experience with education in Alaska.
UA Board of Regents to continue anti-DEI policy, despite federal court ruling
University maintains its ‘unwavering’ commitment to equal rights and points to federal funding threat.
Juneau school board adds nursing, homeschool positions to proposed budget
There was no discussion Thursday of adding two positions that the Tlingit Culture, Language and Literacy program could stand to lose when grant funds run out.
Alaska legislators press Mt. Edgecumbe officials after more than 100 students disenrolled this year
A delegation of lawmakers made an impromptu visit to the school on Feb. 6, calling the conditions and deteriorating facilities ‘deplorable.’