The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board passed new cell phone restrictions for students in a unanimous vote during the regular school board meeting Wednesday night.
Wednesday marks the last day of school for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, with students at West Valley High School celebrating with a barbeque outside of the school’s entrance.
Lake Hood Elementary is one of two Anchorage schools which is closing because of declining enrollment and budget concerns. Wednesday was the final "last day of school" for the facility.
Hours after the Alaska State Legislature voted to override Governor Dunleavy’s veto of HB 57, the Anchorage School Board gave their highest honor to teachers and members of district staff.
In the wake of Governor Dunleavy’s veto of HB 57, administrators, board members, and educators say many teachers and staff might not be returning next school year.
The chief operating officer for ANSEP — the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program — said she suspects the unexpected loss of a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant has to do with a Trump administration executive order.
For the first time, Bean’s Cafe will deliver meals to the Mountain View Community Center this summer for students in the Anchorage School District who are in need of food.
Some Steller Secondary students recently learned about birding in an "intensive," a two-week period at the end of each semester where students choose to take a deep dive into a single topic.
Pete Daley, a welding teacher in Fairbanks, has been named as the Alaska Teacher of the Year by the State of Alaska and the Alaska Dept. of Education and Early Development.
Excitement is filling the air, with so many possibilities in store for new grads, especially as they prepare to enter the workforce or go on to higher education.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District could see smaller class sizes and reinstate some of its recently-cut jobs after the city assembly voted to add about $2.7 million in local contributions to the district’s budget.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly passed a budget for the next fiscal year, restoring Mary Siah Recreation Center and putting an additional $2.7 million into local education.
One West High senior is celebrating more than just his graduation — Kevin Wright has never missed a day of school. Incredibly, Wright can boast zero absences in his 13 years attending school in the Anchorage School District.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, met with more than 50 superintendents of school districts from around the state Thursday, telling them he will veto an education bill and reduce school funding unless policies his administration proposed are approved, according to his office.
A proposed policy to ban cell phone use for students attending Mat-Su Borough schools for the entirety of the day — including lunchtime — was introduced at the Mat-Su School Board meeting Wednesday.
Hundreds of elementary school students from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District released hatchery-raised rainbow trout and coho salmon fry into the wild Wednesday, according to the Department of Fish and Game.
If the permanent increase to the BSA becomes law, the district’s obligation regarding charter school funding increases as well, to the tune of around $500,000.
While state education is still being discussed in Juneau, the Anchorage School Board made a move to restore previously approved jobs cuts at Tuesday’s meeting.
For the third time in two years, the Alaska Legislature has approved a bill that seeks to increase long-term state funding for the state’s K-12 public schools, according to the Alaska Beacon.
An education funding bill passed by the legislature on Wednesday is giving new hope that deep cuts in the Anchorage School District budget can be restored.
The decision on whether or not to raise the Base Student Allocation is now in the hands of Gov. Mike Dunleavy after a concurrence vote in the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday.
Nine days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a significant increase to the state’s K-12 public school funding formula, the Alaska Senate has approved a compromise education bill that includes a smaller increase.
A choir teacher at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is retiring at the end of this school year, leaving the future of the choir program at East uncertain due to the Anchorage School District’s massive budget deficit that has forced the displacement of hundreds of teachers and staff.
With school funding still uncertain, and less than a month to go in the Alaska legislative session, the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday advanced a reworked bill that would increase the base of the state’s funding formula by $700 per student.
One day after the Legislature failed to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of House Bill 69 — which would’ve boosted the annual per-student funding amount by $1,000 — a meeting during which representatives from the state’s largest school districts were meant to testify to state lawmakers was canceled.
Five days after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a major increase to Alaska’s per-student public school funding formula, a Senate committee has proposed a smaller increase.
It’s career week at College Gate Elementary School and Melissa Frey got the chance to visit with the first, second and third graders, sharing with them what it’s like to be a broadcast meteorologist.
The Anchorage School Board held its first meeting less than a week after Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a school funding increase, and minutes after the legislature voted to uphold the veto.
A new internal report will inform the Anchorage School Board that the school district is at risk of not meeting its goal of providing mental health services in elementary schools.
Alaska’s state House and Senate are scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday to vote on whether or not to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a bill increasing the state’s per-student funding formula.
As leaders from a newly formed group of dozens of central and southeast Alaska dads speak out against Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s education funding veto last week, some supporters of the veto say it was a necessary step toward improving students’ education.
