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Alaska’s teachers are outnumbered by other staff in all but seven school districts. For every four teachers in Alaska, there are five staff members performing functions peripheral to the business of teaching Alaska’sRead More
Click here to access the PDF version of the policy brief. Policy Brief: Protect the Direct Health Care Model Tackling Alaska’s high healthcare costs requires a multifaceted approach, and one policy reform that willRead More
Alaska is home to the Correspondence School Allotment Program (CSAP), a first-in-the-nation K–12 program that allows families to access an annual allotment of up to $4,500 for educational expenses. Students can use allotmentRead More
Introduction Charter schools have been a lifeline for students in the pandemic: Enrollment in Alaska’s charter schools increased almost 16% in the first year of the pandemic and remains 8% higher than inRead More
This article was originally published in Must Read Alaska on February 2, 2023. By Win Gruening At a recent Alaska State Senate Education Committee hearing at the Capitol, there seemed to be generalRead More
Ten years ago, Mississippi implemented a statewide early literacy policy similar to the Alaska Reads Act enacted here in 2022. One controversial portion of both bills is a retention requirement — in Mississippi,Read More