Our vision is an Alaska that continuously grows prosperity by maximizing individual opportunities and freedom
Alaska was ranked the second most adequately funded school system in the US by a 2024 study from Rutgers University. The rest of the story — the study actually understates how well neighborhood schoolsRead More
Despite significant disparities in funding and adequacy, Florida dramatically outperforms Alaska in the quality of high school graduates. This is despite having a higher poverty rate than Alaska and twice the rate ofRead More
Alaska’s K-12 Education Landscape Bob Griffin, Senior Education Research Fellow at Alaska Policy Forum, and Sarah Montalbano, APF’s Education Policy Analyst, testified before a joint meeting of the House Ways & Means andRead More
We are all deeply saddened by the sudden passing of former Anchorage Mayor and former Alaska State Speaker of the House Tom Fink. Tom stayed very actively engaged as an elder statesman inRead More
Myth 1: ALL research indicates students should ALWAYS be socially promoted, even if they are far below expected proficiency in reading in 3rd grade. Reality: Over a dozen studies show the benefits ofRead More
An offensive narrative has been circulating that Alaska Native children are to blame for our state’s low reading test scores. That narrative is not only extremely divisive and offensive – it is untrue. Read More