The Main Thing is the Main Thing: Education
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]No issue has taken precedence this session like the issue of education. It’s often a substantial topic in the legislature, but it has absolutely…
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The Tale of Three Camps
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] ⛺⛺⛺ [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]My children attended public schools in both rural and urban Alaska, and I care deeply about all students throughout the…
HB 69: a Pie-in-the-Sky Education Bill Will Not Fly
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]If you were to become a digital being and slip into my email inbox, you would discover a lot of messages clearly resulting from…
Big Ed Focus Now IS Right Focus
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]This week I expect much of my focus to be on policy and funding discussions to help our students and teachers achieve better outcomes…
Judge Creates Tailspins Statewide
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Judge Zeman first created uncertainty for students and now has created uncertainty for the legislative branch, the executive branch, and school districts throughout the…
My Take on the First Performance Standard: Judge Fails
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]You have an opportunity to weigh in regarding the retention of Judge Zeman who made the recent Alaska Superior Court decision impacting public correspondence…
More Hot Potatoes in Education
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Better wear a thick mitten hot pad or you will most certainly blister your hand because the education issue continues to be an extremely…
No Small Matter: Court Deals Blow to Homeschool Families
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Word released Friday evening puts families of more than 22,000 Alaskan students in jeopardy. Families who receive public funding allotments for public correspondence (homeschool)…
17X: Why Who Plays in the Broadband Sandbox Matters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Off-the-road-system rural Alaska has its perks. It’s not for everyone but with a decade under my belt living in what we used to call “the bush”…
A Big Vote on Education
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Corporate media will likely spin what happens and why. I’ve heard from pro-override individuals who have let me know after hearing me out that they…
SB 140 Hardball
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]SB 140, the education package, is on the governor’s desk. The bill underwent arduous negotiations between the House and the Senate, with Governor Dunleavy, a…
Does it address student proficiency? What’s next with SB 140?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is indeed unusual that this early in the legislative session that the House passed SB 140, an education package that provides provisions to expand…