This year Petersburg High School sent 24 juniors and seniors to Washington, DC for an indepth look at what goes on there. The program is called, “Close Up.”
Education
ASD’s revised budget cuts 57 filled positions
The Anchorage School District plans to cut 57 currently-filled positions next year because of a $16.7 million funding cut from the state legislature. They will also eliminate the pilot programs but keep sports.
Story Works Alaska gives high schoolers a voice
Think about being 16 and standing in front of friends and strangers telling a story. Your story. That’s what Story Works Alaska is teaching local students to do.
Confusion over school bond bill means no special election for Juneau schools
“If a municipality holds a bond election after January 1, 2015, under the bill, the state would not provide debt reimbursement to the municipality,” says a letter from the attorney general to Gov. Walker.
Alaska PTA, community speaks out against education funding cuts
Community members and education groups, like Alaska PTA, organized in Anchorage to speak out against public education funding cuts.
UAF to play central role in US-led Arctic Council
Now that the United States has assumed chairmanship of the Arctic Council, the University of Alaska Fairbanks will play a central role in carrying out the U.S. agenda in the region, UAF’s top two administrators said Friday.
Juneau kids plea for full funding of schools
More than 30 kids packed the Juneau Assembly Chambers last night to testify on behalf of full funding for the school district’s 2016 operating budget.
Additional motions filed in education funding lawsuit
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough today appealed an earlier motion that would allow the AASB, ACSA and ASA to join the ongoing education funding lawsuit as friends of the court in support of the State of Alaska.
Testing refusals hit Haines, put star rating and runding at risk
A growing national movement to opt-out of standardized testing has hit the Haines School District hard.
As budget negotiations continue, lawmakers defend position on education cuts
Outside of a 20-minute Senate floor session, the only scheduled activity that took place on Tuesday was a Senate Finance committee press conference.