By Robert Pondiscio This article originally appeared on the Thomas B. Fordham Institute website on November 19, 2020. At the tail end of a recent symposium titled “Why children can’t read—and what we can doRead More
Video: Pandemic Pioneers – Homeschooling with Leigh Sloan
“Kids learn differently, and they need different opportunities.” Watch the video to hear from Leigh Sloan, a homeschooling parent who has found—and provided—just the right education to fit her children’s unique needs, interests,Read More
Press Release: Education Advocacy Groups Urged to Refocus Efforts on Student Outcomes
Please see below the press release for APF’s policy brief, “It’s Time for Alaska’s K–12 Advocacy Groups to Focus on Student Outcomes.” Read the report here. Click here to open the PDF inRead More
It’s Time for Alaska’s K–12 Advocacy Groups to Focus on Student Outcomes
Click to open the PDF in a new tab. Introduction Many K–12 education advocacy groups in Alaska receive significant amounts of public funding for their internal operations, and dedicate a large shareRead More
Mississippi More than a Year ahead of Alaska in Fourth Grade Reading
By Bob Griffin This op-ed was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in December 2019. For decades, Mississippi was synonymous with poor student achievement. Not anymore. In 2013,Read More
Students’ Bill of Rights: “Well-Intentioned but Poorly-Executed”
Proponents of the Alaska Students’ Educational Bill of Rights ballot initiative have begun collecting signatures, but according to a preliminary legal opinion from the law firm Holland & Knight: “The Initiative is aRead More