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Project Nickel is a tool designed to help families, taxpayers, and policymakers understand how much is spent per student at schools across the country and compare schools on the factors that matter toRead 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
The school children attend is too often dictated by the location of their families’ residences, which makes it difficult to access education options that are a better fit for many families. K-12 openRead More
Introduction Since 2000, education funding in Alaska has been funneled increasingly into administrative and support roles rather than directly benefiting students in the classroom. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics showsRead More
This article was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on February 15, 2023. OPINION: Student-centered funding could fix Alaska’s education outcomes By Sarah Montalbano Total spending per Alaska K-12 student was moreRead More
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