Alaska
News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Alaska
Equity & Diversity
Interactive
Alaska: A Brief History of the State and Its Schools
Alaskan schooling developed on many fronts. An illustrated timeline adds historical context for the growth of the state's education system.
School & District Management
Video
‘Just Like Them’: Urban and Rural Students Make Friends on the Alaska Frontier
An unusual exchange program in Alaska pairs students from urban high schools with sister schools in some of the most remote parts of the 49th state. In April, four Anchorage students and their teacher made the trip to a Native Village in Scammon Bay. See what they learned about subsistence living, the environment, Yup’ik culture, and making connections with peers from a different culture and geographic region. July 21, 2019.
Education
Alaska Governor, a Career Educator, Proposes a Slash and Burn K-12 Budget
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who spent his career as a teacher, principal and superintendent of a rural Alaska district wants to now cut more than a third of the state's K-12 spending.
Education
Alaska Reporter Will Study Rural Education as 2nd Chronister Fellowship Recipient
Victoria Petersen, of the Peninsula Clarion on the Kenai Peninsula, will report on the challenges of rural education, especially in a state as vast as Alaska.
Education Funding
The School District Where the Shutdown Hit Nearly Everyone
In Kodiak, Alaska, a school district with deep ties to the U.S. Coast Guard has been walloped by the government shutdown with hundreds of families going without paychecks. And news of a deal to temporarily reopen the government was doing little to allay the community's anxieties.
States
Educational Opportunities and Performance in Alaska
This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
School & District Management
Gifted Students 'Make the Most' of School in Alaska
In remote regions of rural Alaska, both schools and the students themselves have to work harder to put together an education that meets students' needs.
Federal
Betsy DeVos Approves ESSA Plans for Alaska and Iowa
That brings the number of states with approved plans to 44, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Still awaiting the OK: California, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Utah
School & District Management
Alaska Earns a C on State Report Card, Ranks 29th in Nation
This Quality Counts 2018 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
Education
States Dependent on Natural Resources Face Tricky Path on K-12 Revenue
Governors in several natural resource-dependent states said recently they will have to continue to cut public education funding because prices for oil and coal have not rebounded.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Betsy DeVos' Team Asks Seven States for More ESSA Specifics
Alabama, Alaska, Kansas, Montana, North Carolina, South Dakota, and Wyoming are the latest states to receive feedback on their plans for implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
Recruitment & Retention
Teacher Turnover in Alaska is Costing the State $20 Million Annually
Remote districts are hit especially hard by turnover costs.
States
State of the States: Alaska, Hawaii, Mo., Nev., R.I.
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
Teaching Profession
Which States Pay Teachers the Most (and Least)?
A new study reveals the wide range of teacher salaries from state to state.
