Anchorage elementary teacher selected as 2021 Alaska Teacher of the Year
Kelly Shrein was recognized for her efforts to stay in touch with students including driving by their homes and moving with them to the next grade level.
Bartlett High School seniors reach top of their class by leaning on ten years of friendship
A trio of friends will share the honor of addressing their class as salutatorian and co-valedictorians. The friends say their accomplishment has been 10 years in the making.
Former Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell selected to lead University of Alaska Anchorage
Parnell, a Republican, served as governor from 2009 to 2014.
Anchorage School District to reexamine policy after students prevented from wearing cultural regalia at graduation
One student chose not to attend her graduation entirely after her regalia notification was denied. Another student’s sealskin cap was taken moments before joining his peers on graduation day.
‘Thankful for everything they’ve done’: Anchorage students turn health workers’ selfies into art
An Anchorage high school art teacher started the project to honor and celebrate essential workers on the frontline of the pandemic.
ASD will get $112.5M in federal aid. They want to know how to spend it.
The district must use at least 20% of the money to address learning loss. That leaves nearly $90 million dollars to be spent.
How Anchorage high school yearbooks documented a pandemic year
From screenshots of Zoom classes to requesting student selfies, these two yearbook staffs got creative to capture an unusual year.
‘These Fs are tied to the pandemic’: Thousands of Anchorage students start summer school
The Anchorage School District is prioritizing re-building kids' relationship to in-person learning and starting to address learning loss.
Three years in the making, Anchorage School District launches new third grade Alaska Studies curriculum
It's the first time the school district has co-created curriculum alongside Alaska Native communities.
Combining Shakespeare and hip-hop, McLaughlin Youth learn to tell their own story
The class gave students school credit and they learned how to make music from an Alaskan hip hop artist
Anchorage teens can now obtain pilot licenses through UAA, ASD partnership
At the end of the program, teens will walk away with a private pilot's license, and college course credits, and having saved tens of thousands of dollars - all before graduating high school.
Cases are rising but masks to remain optional for students, says Anchorage School District
Local districts make their own decisions about mask wearing for fall as cases are on the rise as the youngest students remain ineligible for a covid vaccine.
Anchorage School District, University of Alaska recommend masking for school year
The superintendent will present the recommendation to the school board and the board will vote on whether to implement the policy.
Outbursts, tears and jeers don’t sway Anchorage School Board from mask mandate
Hours of public testimony from Anchorage parents against a mask mandate for the fall did not move the school board away from the superintendent’s universal masking recommendation.
Anchorage mayor, school district spar over face masks
Dueling social media posts show the leader of Alaska’s largest city and Alaska’s largest school district are at odds over masking school children.
The pandemic forced these families to try new education formats. Now, they want to stick with it.
While some families who tried homeschooling last year hated it, others were introduced to a more customizable format that they’d like to keep exploring.
Majority of Alaska students will start the school year under universal mask policies
A comparison of mask policies from school districts around the state show the majority of districts, urban and rural, have implemented universal mask policies for the start of the school year.
How can the Anchorage School District close its budget gap? | Alaska Insight
Lori Townsend talks with School Board Member Dave Donley, and Alyse Galvin of Great Alaska Schools, to understand the scope of the Anchorage School District's $68 million budget gap, and what can be done to address it.
University of Alaska will gain a plot of land that’s half the size of Rhode Island under new federal budget law
A clause in the new law, written by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, would give the university 360,000 acres in the next four years.
Former Mat-Su substitute teacher charged with sexually abusing 2 children
Court records show Scott Anthony Pezzini, 31, of Wasilla is charged with three counts of sexual abuse of a minor.