The president will propose in his 2017 budget that families who qualify for subsidized school meals receive benefits to buy an extra $45 in groceries per child each month when school is out.
Education
Minimum school enrollment bill appears unlikely to pass
A proposal to increase minimum school enrollment seems unlikely to pass this legislative session if such a bill even materializes.
In Quest To Fell Rhodes Statue, Students Aim To Make Oxford Confront History
At Oxford University, a group is pushing to have a statue of Cecil Rhodes removed. Student Tadiwa Madenga explains the group’s objections to the colonialist namesake of the Rhodes Scholarship.
Former Akiachak teacher reports sexual assault, harassment in lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed against the Yupiit School District, four Akiachak school supervisors and an Alaska State Trooper official for allegedly showing “deliberate indifference” when a former school teacher was sexually assaulted and continuously harassed during her nearly three years teaching there.
In Final Report, Experts Identify Remains At Notorious Reform School
Florida’s Dozier School for Boys is a horror tale come to life. Nearly 100 boys died at the school, many unidentified, in unmarked graves. Scientists are trying to discover who they were.
Tuluksak school wins national contest, learns computer coding
Last week in President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, he envisioned a future where all students in the U.S. learned computer science. That future is beginning in Tuluksak where 21 iPads are being shipped to the Kuskokwim school to teach coding.
More Alaska families choosing home schooling for their kids
A growing number of families in Alaska have been enrolling their children in a home schooling program that officials say offers flexibility to those who live far from their nearest school. The Peninsula Clarion reports that Interior Distance Education of Alaska, based out of Galena School District on the Yukon River, is attracting students throughout…
Amid Controversy, Scholastic Pulls Picture Book About Washington’s Slave
The book tells the story of Hercules, a slave who President George Washington used as a chef. The book shows Hercules and his daughter happy and taking pride in making Washington a birthday cake.
‘Our Voices Will Be Heard’ brings child sexual abuse to the forefront
Set in a fictional Tlingit village in the late 19th century, “Our Voices Will Be Heard” is Vera Starbard’s semi-autobiographical story of a mother whose daughter is sexually abused by a relative.
A ‘Wisdom Keeper’ Draws From A Deep Well Of Navajo Culture
In the Navajo culture, teachers are revered and trusted. Tia Tsosie Begay is no exception, making sure her fourth-graders know that “someone believes in them.”