ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Friday the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) announced that Catherine Walker at Dimond High School in Anchorage has been named the 2024 Alaska Teacher of the Year. During the open nomination period Walker received nominations from students, community members, colleagues, and administrators. Her innovation and dedication to her students, […]
(EAGAN, MN.) – Despite the horror of being physically hurt, and having their money or medication stolen, elders who are abused or neglected often endure the abuse without calling for help. As lifelong caregivers and protectors, many elders suffer in silence to maintain the well-being of their family and that may include their abuser. June […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Auntie Mary Nicoli Elementary School teacher Byron Fischer unfolded a large collage in his third grade classroom, revealing a U.S. flag and a flanking Alaska flag festooned with the faces of Aniak military veterans. Some photos showed veterans contemporary to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, while others were grainy black-and-white images […]
“We don’t need to give in to Republican extortion or default,” the House progressives asserted. “The Constitution grants the president another option.” After GOP House negotiators bailed on U.S. debt ceiling talks on Friday, around two-thirds of the Congressional Progressive Caucus urged President Joe Biden to “invoke his constitutional authority granted in the 14th Amendment” in order […]