The Alaska legislature is contemplating House Bill 272, a proposal for a $71 million/year increase in K–12 spending ($590/student in average daily attendance). Part of the justification for the proposed increase seems toRead More
Video: The Biggest Education Innovation is the Growing Use of School Choice
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Alaska’s Students Must Learn to “Read by Nine” Now – Not in Nine Years
This op-ed was originally published by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and the Mat-Su Frontiersman in February 2022. An entire decade. That’s how long Alaska’s public schools have ranked in the bottom fiveRead More
On This Day 75 Years Ago, The Jones Act Was Discriminating Against Alaskans
Seventy-five years ago today, the Alaska legislature passed HJM 4 to proclaim to Congress how bad the Jones Act was to our state, and to ask for reform. It’s still true today thatRead More
Rebuilding Alaska’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund
By Rea S. Hederman Jr. and Quinn Townsend In late spring, Alaska will receive its second and final share of federal money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). With the size ofRead More
A Better Route to Give Parents Successful School Choice
By Ben Scafidi and Eric Wearne Maybe because of public school COVID shutdowns and mandates, or maybe because of several odious and anti-historical ideologies being taught in public schools, Virginia Gov. Glenn GlennRead More