Once again this year, the NPS Nome Public Schools requested a donation from SNC of $150,000.
Education
Ketchikan campus director takes interim UAS provost position
University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Campus Director Priscilla Schulte has accepted a temporary assignment as provost for UAS, effective Aug. 9, and will relocate to Juneau for the coming academic year.
Two Teachers Hailed As Heroes In Louisiana Shooting
Teachers Jena Meaux and Ali Martin survived the attack, but both reportedly suffered gunshot wounds.
Sikuliaq docks in Nome, previews upcoming research missions
The Sikuliaq will be working in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas through November on three different research assignments.
Man arrested for threatening calls to Arizona schools similar to Alaska’s
“At this point, I do not have the information that it is related to the cases in Alaska,” says Staci Feger-Pellessier, spokeswoman for the FBI in Anchorage.
Teachers’ field trip: Lessons from the Mendenhall Glacier
“There’s just nowhere else on earth like this,” says Allie Smith, a teacher at Juneau’s Auke Bay Elementary School.
Senate education bill bolsters role of Alaska tribes
The bill establishes a competitive grant program to support Native language immersion schools.
Ketchikan assemblyman proposes education vouchers, school choice
Assemblymember Glen Thompson suggests taking the equivalent of 2.5 mills of the borough’s annual property tax revenue and breaking it up into per-student grants.
Testing Revolt In Washington State Brings Feds Into Uncharted Waters
As Congress debates the future of No Child Left Behind, one state falls short of federal testing requirements.
Federal auroral program to be transferred to UAF
The university system is loaning UAF $2 million dollars to get the facility back into operation.