JUNEAU-Wednesday, Representative Ortiz introduced a bill to increase education funding across the state. House Bill 65 will increase the Base Student Allocation (BSA) by $1250, an increase of nearly 21%. In the past decade, Alaska’s urban consumer price index has increased by 24.6%, while the BSA has increase by only 4.2%. Schools have made it […]
“Florida is doing its best to shut down discussions about race, slavery, anything having to do with a challenge to the idea that racism is still a real factor in American life today,” said one author and former professor. Academics and Democratic lawmakers reacted angrily Thursday after the administration of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis […]
FORT WAINWRIGHT – Due to the large enrollment of military-connected students in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, the Department of Defense Education Activity recently awarded the district a $1 million grant. The award was part of a grant distribution to 45 military-connected local education agencies across the United States. Of the roughly 11,260 […]
The room at Delta Junction Junior High School would look busy even without the nine students zipping around. The buzz from the kids just added to that busy-ness. Nick Adkins easily got their attention, however. He was visiting to teach them some things about drones — and not only the small quad-copters these kids are […]