National Charter Schools Week
Guide to COVID-19 School District Funding
Alaska has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds for education, most of which have gone straight to public school districts. Alaska Policy Forum (APF) has written extensively about […]
Cash for Alaska’s School Districts: Updated
The state of Alaska has published the Alaska K–12 Education COVID-19 Federal Relief Funding Dashboard to make transparent how much federal COVID-19 relief funding school districts received and how the funds are being spent. In […]
Background on Federal COVID-19 Education Relief Funds
Alaska has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds, most of which have gone straight to public school districts. Collectively to date, schools have nearly $401 million in COVID-19 […]
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 share […]
The Literacy of Alaska’s Children Must Be Addressed
This article was originally published in the Anchorage Daily News on September 6, 2019. In the midst of debates surrounding current budget cuts and the Alaska Permanent Fund, we are neglecting to address […]