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The library won the National Medal for Museum and Library Services alongside four other libraries across the country.
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Prior to the UAA interim chancellor position, Siemers served as the director of UAA’s Kenai Peninsula College.
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With school districts across the state projecting deep cuts, the heads of the House Education Committee say it’s clear last year’s education funding boost wasn’t enough.
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Parents and students are expected to flood Mat-Su public meetings this week to protest proposed school funding cuts.
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Rural Alaska districts are especially reliant on international teachers to keep instructors in their classrooms.
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One ballot initiative is a roughly $80 million bond. The other is a one-time $11.8 million tax hike that school district leaders plan on using to hire 80 teachers.
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The Y-K Delta's first ever comic convention included visiting artists, comic book vendors, and lots of cosplay.
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The Mat-Su Sentinel's Amy Bushatz says, similar to other districts, Mat-Su schools have suffered from stagnant state funding and declining enrollment, but unlike other parts of the state, the Mat-Su Borough's population isn't shrinking.
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Language educators in Juneau are working to create a Master’s in Teaching program for Indigenous languages at the University of Alaska Southeast. It would be the first of its kind in Alaska.
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How the Lower Kuskokwim School District and community members are keeping local basketball going, even far from home.
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The walk out starts four days before students head out for more than a week of spring break.
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Anchorage School Board approves ‘severe’ budget with hundreds of staff layoffs and 3 school closuresWith the school district facing a $90 million budget deficit, the budget trims hundreds of teachers, more than 50 administrative staff, over a dozen nurses, nine principals and eight counselors, but preserved many sports programs.