The Grammy-winning, Alaska-grown rock band Portugal. The Man is offering to send five books recently banned from school curriculum in the Mat-Su, where several band members grew up, to students there who want to read them.
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UAF research vessel will be the first to leave port since the National Science Foundation halted sailings
All of the scientific staff members are currently quarantined in Fairbanks.
University of Alaska to furlough top leaders, including president, chancellors and deans
The University of Alaska says the furloughs, put in place by UA President Jim Johnsen, will impact 166 employees and are expected to save the university system $554,000.
Ketchikan’s distance learning program was ready to scale up. So why did the state go with Florida’s?
“We could have scaled it up, yep, we could have,” said Alaska Digital Academy’s Bill Whicker. “Still can!”
Economists say more cash aid from the state makes sense, but it may not be as simple as another PFD
While a number of economists have pushed Alaska lawmakers to bring revenues in line with spending over the past few years, many now agree that setting aside normal fiscal discipline during the pandemic is justified.
Families of children with special needs worry their kids will be left behind as education moves online
Children with special needs have a range of learning differences that often require individualized and specialized learning strategies, which can be difficult to transfer online.