ASD’s Rebuttal: Full Fail
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]You may remember from last week or from my interviews on the radio, that the Anchorage School District (ASD) over-estimated HR by $41 million…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]You may remember from last week or from my interviews on the radio, that the Anchorage School District (ASD) over-estimated HR by $41 million…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]As one of the eight who was on the education package negotiation team earlier in the session (2 from each majority and minority caucuses…
[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…
[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…
[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)…
[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…
[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…
[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…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Based on chronically low student performance across our state (except for some wonderful pockets of excellence sprinkled in both urban and rural regions), a constitutional…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A foundational question for all of us in Alaska, when too many schools are failing, is whether any proposed increased funding is targeted or not…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is a bit technical but hang tight with me. If you can track what happened technically, you can better understand what happened politically. I…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Student Learning Outcomes Must Be Tied to School Funding Are Legislators Listening? I testified under “public testimony” to the Senate Education Committee a couple…