"Great Alaska Schools"

For first-time candidates, it’s a major time commitment to put together a platform, knock on doors and hold events — usually on top of a day job.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been in Alaska this week highlighting her national Education Freedom Scholarship proposal.

Anchorage education advocate Alyse Galvin has filed to take another run at Alaska Congressman Don Young in 2020.

As Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy made his case for drastic changes to the state’s budget, a crowd outside railed against cuts to services like education, health care and the ferry system.

As nearly 100 people rallied for the second annual March for Science outside, legislators inside debated education funding.

More than 100 people, many clad in rain jackets, braved a cool, overcast Saturday morning and gathered in midtown Anchorage’s Cuddy Midtown Park, urging lawmakers to support public education funding.

Great Alaska Schools members wanted the participants to give the Department of Education ideas on how schools can improve for all Alaska’s students.

The largest share of that cut is to the account the state uses to partially reimburse local governments for school bonds.

The budget conference committee moved the money into the oil and gas tax credit fund.

Some Anchorage area residents don’t think the House Majority’s recent budget proposal is good enough, even though it adds money back in for education.