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Vega String Quartet kicks off Jazz & Classics brown bag concerts
The Atlanta-based Vega String Quartet kicked off the 30th annual Juneau Jazz & Classics Festival’s Brown Bag Concert series Monday. Nearly 200 Juneau students attended the free performance in the State Office Building atrium.
Juneau teachers, school district agree to new contract
Terms of the agreement will be disclosed after it is ratified by both the Juneau School Board and membership of the Juneau Education Association.
Mount Edgecumbe students to present original research on beluga and narwhal bioacoustics
You’ve probably never heard a beluga whistle or a narwhal click. Not many people have. But Michael Mahoney’s students are experts on the bioacoustics of these mammals, after spending hours logging recordings of their sounds from the Chukchi Sea and Northwest Passage.
Nearing graduation, musician Byron Nicholai looks forward to college and new challenges
Between releasing his first album and performing across the country, Nicholai has accomplished a lot in the last few years. But with high school graduation fast approaching, he said he’s ready for the next challenge: going to college and making even better music.
Deep Inside New York’s JFK Airport, There’s A High School
Aviation High School mixes advanced academics with aviation mechanics — and a paid internship at a big airline.
Can teaching Native languages improve graduation rates in Alaska?
Many of Alaska’s rural schools are not working. Low student performance and high teacher turnover are just two of more obvious indicators of problems in these mostly Native school districts. Those working in the schools say it’s time for radical changes.
Scholarship program boosts training for Alaska Native teachers
While 15 percent of the state’s population is Alaska Native, fewer than 5 percent of its teachers are.
Poetry Behind Bars: The Lines That Save Lives — Sometimes Literally
Words Unlocked, a poetry contest for juveniles in corrections, has drawn more than 1,000 entries. Its judge, Jimmy Santiago Baca, says it was a poetry book that helped him survive his own prison term.
Video: To recruit for cleanup, Unalaska kids rap, dance to ‘Paper Planes’
Instead of lyrics about immigrant stereotypes, drugs and violence, these fourth graders are recruiting for a community cleanup.