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--DELIVERY COSTS DRIVE UP VILLAGE FUEL PRICES, STUDIES SHOW
--LEGISLATORS BALK AT MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS
--ATTENTION TURNS TO PLIGHT OF RURAL SCHOOLS
--STATE APPROVES ALTERNATIVE TEST DATES FOR OLD BELIEVERS
--FLUSH WITH FEDERAL CASH, PRE-K PROGRAMS GROW
--ALASKA ARTS SUMMER INSTITUTES AVAILABLE
--CONTINUED HIGH HEATING OIL PRICES FUEL CALLS FOR HELP
--JUNEAU BOARD APPROVES VOLUNTARY DRUG TESTING
--VILLAGE STUDENTS GO TO JUNEAU TO LOBBY FOR SCHOOL
--PLAYING TO LEARN: DESIGNING A NEW CURRICULUM (OPINION)
--TWO ALASKA YOUTH PICKED FOR NATIONAL VOLUNTEER AWARD
--ALASKA ARTS EDUCATION SUMMER INSTITUTES AVAILABLE
--SCHOOL DISTRICT, ASSEMBLY REACH BUDGET COMPROMISE
--PUBLIC INVITED TO KENAI SCHOOL BUDGET PROCESS
--SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE AT JUNEAU-DOUGLAS HIGH
--NEW STUDIES HIGHLIGHT NEEDS OF BOYS IN K-12
--COST OF LIVING IN ANCHORAGE INCREASED SLIGHTLY LAST YEAR
--LEGISLATORS QUESTION PARNELL’S SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS
--KODIAK SCHOOLS TO ADD NEW VTC EQUIPMENT
--STATES STRUGGLE TO KEEP TOP TEACHERS
--DUNCAN VOWS TOUGH LOVE FOR SCHOOLS
--PLAY, THEN EAT: SHIFT MAY BRING GAINS AT SCHOOLS
--COMEAU PROPOSES CLASS-SIZE HIKE TO BALANCE BUDGET
--CURRICULUM AUDIT ON TAP IN KENAI
--ANNUAL POLL OF FRESHMAN SHOWS EFFECT OF RECESSION
--SCHOLARSHIP PLAN WOULD HELP ECONOMY (COMMENTARY)
--RACE TO THE TOP UPDATE
--SITKA REPORTS CHANGE AFTER ANTI-BULLYING PROGRAM
--ALASKA ICE OFFERS $500 AWARDS FOR SERVICE PROJECTS
--AYEA CIVICS AND CONSERVATION SUMMIT
--THE LATEST FROM ‘KIDS THESE DAYS’
--WHAT’S NEXT FOR NCLB?
--RECESSION FUELS SHIFT FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
--ALASKA HIGH SCHOOLERS SMOKING, DRINKING LESS, SURVEY SHOWS
--SU VALLEY STUDENTS, TEACHERS EXCITED TO BE IN NEW SCHOOL
--TWO ALASKA TEACHERS HONORED WITH PRESENTIAL AWARDS
--CAROL COMEAU’S CONTRACT EXTENDED
--FREE AASB TRAINING WEBINARS BEGIN NEXT WEEK
--ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BOND OUTLOOK: PROBABLY NOT NOW
--KENAI BOARD MOVE SCORES BASKETBALL TEAM FOR VILLAGES
--SPIRIT OF YOUTH NOMINATIONS DEADLINE APPROACHES
--EED SEEKS NOMINATIONS FOR BOND AND GRANT COMMITTEE
--YOUTH ADVOCACY INSTITUTE COMING IN FEBRUARY
--SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS COMPETITION
--KENAI BOARD OKS NEW THREE-YEAR CONTRACTS
--DISTRICTS PARCEL OUT STIMULUS FUNDS
--ALASKA BROADBAND PROPOSALS FLOOD INTO D.C.
--WIRELESS UNLEASES LEARNING ON KENAI PENINSULA
--MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR FIRST YEAR ON THE BOARD
--NEW STUDENTS IN ANCHORAGE: WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
--SUPERINTENDENT STRESSES ATTENDANCE TO BOOST GRADUATION
--PROGRAM WILL EASE NATIVE STUDENTS INTO COLLEGE
--MAT-SU BOARD ENACTS PHONE POLICY
--NEW SUSITNA VALLEY SCHOOL OPENS IN JANUARY
--SCHEDULE RESET FOR AASB WEBINAR SERIES
--TAMMY POUND ELECTED AS AASB PRESIDENT
--D.O.E. OPENS RACE TO THE TOP COMPETITION
--REACTION TO FINAL RULES ON EDUCATION GRANTS
--JUNEAU SCHOOL BOARD PRESSES FOR BUDGET SIMPLICITY
--AASB WEBINAR SERIES BEGINS THIS MONTH
--SOME STATES DROP TESTING BAR
--ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLY ASKS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TIGHTEN BUDGET
--SCHOOL BOARD GETS SEAT VIA COIN TOSS
--RIDE TO SCHOOL KEEPS HOMELESS KIDS ON TRACK
--SCHOOL MEALS IN HAINES EARN STATEWIDE KUDO
--THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN TEACH IN KETCHIKAN SCHOOL
--STATE, FEDERAL EXPERTS MULL NATIONWIDE STANDARDS
--DUNCAN CALL SFOR OVERHAUL OF MEDIOCRE TEACHER COLLEGES
--‘ACADEMY AWARD OF TEACHING’ GOES TO BOBBI JO ERB
--NIEA HONORS KAWAGLEY’S LIFE & WORLDVIEW
--PHYLLIS CARLSON NAMED DIRECTOR OF RURAL EDUCATION
--ANCHORAGE APPROVES FIRST SCHOOL HEALTH CLINIC
--FAIRBANKS RECEIVES FEDERAL GRANT FOR MILITARY STUDENTS
--REPORT: SCHOOL LUNCHES FALL SHORT ON VEGGIES
--LEARNING TO READ? TRY TALKING TO A DOG
--MATH TESTS: FOURTH-GRADER PROGRESS STALLS
--ALASKA TEST SCORES ON NAEP
--SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NO LONGER NOTIFY PARENTS OF LICE
--CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
--HOW SCHOOLS AIM TO HANDLE SWINE FLU
--GOVERNOR WANTS GOOD GRADES REWARDED WITH SCHOLARSHIPS
--HOMELESSNESS ON THE RISE IN ANCHORAGE SCHOOLS
--JUNEAU APPROVES POLICY ON DRUG TESTING
--UAF LANDS GRANT TO HELP DESIGN YUPIK LANGUAGE LESSONS
--EDUCATION MEETING ON COMMON GROUND IN TULUKSAK
--RUSSIAN HOCKEY PLAYERS REBUFFED BY ASAA BOARD
--MORE SCHOOL: OBAMA WOULD CURTAIL SUMMER VACATION
--ANCHORAGE ENROLLMENT EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
--PARNELL READY TO SPEND MONEY PALIN REJECTED
--KODIAK DISCUSSSES AYP CRITERIA
--TUESDAY PUBLIC HEARING ON EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS
--HICKERSON NAMED SUPERINTENDENT OF THE YEAR
--SKILLS SET DRAFTED FOR STUDENTS NATIONWIDE
--GERM WARFARE: SCHOOLS GO ON OFFENSE AGAINST FLU
--MAXED OUT: KENAI SCHOOLS FULL AS STUDENT SHIFT
--FALL BOARDSMANSHIP ACADEMY PRESENTATIONS
--DISTRICT AYP RESULTS RELEASED
--HOME SCHOOL: MAKING THE GRADE?
--SCHOOLS LOOK ABROAD TO HIRE TEACHERS
--ANCHORAGE BOARD VOTES TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS, STAFF
--FAIRBANKS GIVES OK TO POLICE IN SCHOOLS
--SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCORES BRING STAFF BONUSES
--PREVENTING DROPOUTS (EDITORIAL)
--SCHOOL YEAR STARTS IN ALASKA: REPORTS FROM MAT-SU, DILLINGHAM, NORTH SLOPE AND NORTHWEST ARCTIC
--ANCHORAGE TEACHER USES OBAMA SPEECH AS A LESSON
--8TH GRADERS WILL TEACH CPR TO THEIR FAMILIES
--AASB WEBINAR ON 2010 RESOLUTIONS: RECORDED FOR YOU
--FEW KIDS MISS FIRST SCHOOL DAY IN FAIRBANKS
--TARDY CHICKENPOX SHOTS LEAVE ANCHORAGE DESKS VACANT
--DRUG ‘CRISIS’ PUSHES JUNEAU BOARD TO OK TESTING
--PETE KELLY JOINS PARNELL ADMINISTRATION IN EDUCATION ROLE
--AASB FALL BOARDSMANSHIP ACADEMY SEPT. 19-20
--OBAMA SECRETARIES GET ‘EYE-OPENING’ LOOK AT RURAL ALASKA
--ABOUT 900 FAIRBANKS STUDENTS STILL NEED SCHOOL VACCINATIONS
--ANCHORAGE TAKING PRECAUTIONS AGAINST SWINE FLU
--MAKING A LITTLE EDUCATION GO A LONGER WAY
--AASB FALL BOARDSMANSHIP ACADEMY SEPT. 19-20
--HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO MEET AUGUST 25
--GRADUATION RATE RISES, TEST SCORES FLAT IN ALASKA
--COMEAU: TESTING DOESN’T MEASURE SUCCESS FOR SCHOOLS
--NEW SWINE FLU GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOLS
--NEW VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR
--JUNEAU SEEKS INPUT ON DRUG TESTING
--ROOF REPAIRS DOMINATE $31.7 MILLION BOND IN MAT-SU
--ALUTIIQ ELDERS AND STUDENTS JOIN FORCES FOR ANIMATION
--ANCHORAGE UPGRADES ATTENDANCE, ENROLLMENT SYSTEM
--TEENS TURN FAIRBANKS SCHOOLYARDS INTO
--NSBA SURVEY FOR EXTENDED LEARNING
--OFFICIALS INVESTIGATE EAGLE RIVER SCHOOL ROOF DAMAGE
--MCDONALD’S SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT EXTENDED
--CRAIG TO EXPAND DYSLEXIA PROGRAM
--COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EDUCATOR POSITION OPEN
--H1N1 FLU REPORTING SYSTEM ESTABLISHED
--ALASKA ACTION FOR HEALTHY KIDS; WEDNESDAY TELECONFERENCE
--NSBA SURVEY FOR EXTENDED LEARNING
--SWINE FLU VACCINATION MAY TARGET SCHOOLS
--MURKOWSKI INTRODUCES SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT ACT
--PROGRAMS HELP STUDENTS, PARENTS PLAN FOR COLLEGE
--STUDENTS EXCEL IN RURAL PREP PROGRAM
--SUPREME COURT SAYS CHILD’S RIGHTS VIOLATED BY STRIP SEARCH
--COURT AFFIRMS REIMBURSEMENT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION
--ANCHORAGE VIEWS SCHOOL STIMULUS MONEY AS ONE-SHOT BOOST
--RURAL SCHOOLS FACE CLOSURE OVER FUNDING DIFFICULTIES
--SCHOOLS CLOSING IN SOUTHEAST ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT
--100-STUDENT MAGNATE SCHOOL IN WORKS FOR KOTZEBUE
--QUESTIONS ABOUT YUP’IK EDUCATION REVEAL FLAW (COMMENTARY)
--STUDY: ALASKA’S HIGH SCHOOLS LAGGING BEHIND
--PROGRAM FAST-TRACKS TEACHERS TO RURAL ALASKA
--COWAN TO HEAD SCHOOL DISTRICT ON NORTH SLOPE
--FAIRBANKS ACCEPTS $15 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS
--WRANGELL CONTRACTS OUT FOR SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS
--MISSOURI BALKS AT NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NOW
--DESPITE STIMULUS, SCHOOLS FEEL BUDGET PAIN
--UAF TO TRAIN SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
--STUDENTS BACK IN CLASSROOMS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
--LEGISLATORS QUESTION SCHOOL STANDARDS DECISION
--SENATE LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCES NEW COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
--SENATOR JOE THOMAS TO BE CO-CHAIR OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE
--PROPOSED MAT-SU FACILITY AIMS TO FEED SCHOOL KIDS
--MANICURIST SELLS HOUSE, CAR TO BUILD SCHOOL
--GOVERNOR SIGNS BUDGET BILLS
--EED STIMULUS WEB SITE IS UP AND RUNNING
--DUNCAN URGES STATES TO SUBMIT STIMULUS APPLICATIONS
--CHARTER SCHOOL BILL SIGNED INTO LAW
--DISTRICT POSSE RIDES ALONG TO CURB VANDALISM
--GOVERNOR SCHOOLS PETERSBURG STUDENTS ON LEGISLATURE
--END IS NEAR IN A FIGHT ON TEACHING OF ENGLISH
--HOUSE OKS $6.4 BILLION TO MAKE SCHOOLS GREENER
--MAT-SU ASSEMBLY CUTS SCHOOL BUDGET TO LOWER TAXES
--OBAMA BUDGET CUTS FUNDS FOR ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX ED
--DRUG PROBLEMS LEAD TO CALLS FOR TESTING JUNEAU STUDENTS
--NATIVE FAMILIES GET A GO-BETWEEN WITH ANCHORAGE SCHOOLS
--AFN SPONSORS ESSAY CONTEST FOR ALASKA NATIVE WRITERS
--PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND STUDENTS CELEBRATE CULTURAL HERITAGE
--MAT SU DISTRICT, BOROUGH AT ODDS OVER FUNDING
--KENAI OKS CONTRACTS FOR NON-TENURED TEACHERS
--DILLINGHAM SCHOOL TO GET FACELIFT
--FAIRBANKS ADOPTS MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AS HOLIDAY
--JOHN STEINER TAKES HELM AS SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT
--INUPIAQ MOVIES TEACH LESSONS, CAPTURE ORAL HISTORY
--MUSIC LESSONS FROM AFAR ON KODIAK ISLAND
--YOUNGER STUDENTS OUTSHINE HIGH SCHOOLERS IN READING, MATH
--COMMON ACADEMIC STANDARDS SUBJECT OF HOUSE HEARING
--FIRST STUDENT UNIONIZATION WON’T AFFECT SCHOOL BUSING
--VALDEZ ADOPTS $14 MILLION BUDGET FOR SCHOOLS
--FAIRBANKS PRINCIPAL WINS NATIONAL AWARD
--ALASKA STUDENT LEADERS CALL FOR MORE SEX EDUCATION
--INSIDE THE BABY MIND: HOW WE CAN LEARN FROM BABIES
--STRIP-SEARCHING STUDENTS ILLEGAL? COURT NOT SO SURE
--RECRUITING TEACHER4S IS LEARNING EXPERIENCE
--SEPARATE CLASSES CREATE COMFORT ZONE FOR NATIVE STUDENTS
--JUNEAU REBOOTS SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH
--YAKUTAT HIRES ROD SCHUG AS SUPERINTENDENT
--HAINES MAJOR MAINTENANCE CLARIFICATION
--ANCHORAGE REPRIORITIZES PROJECTS AFTER BOND FAILURE
--PROPOSAL TO SHIFT SCHOOL START TIMES STIRS DEBATE
--FIFTH-YEAR SENIORS FACE TOUGH ROAD TO DIPLOMA
--ALASKA’S RURAL POPULATION RIDES 8-YEAR SLIDE
--KENAI APPROVES ITS BUDGET
--MISSED DEADLINE COSTS HAINES SCHOOL DISTRICT
--EDUCATION STANDARDS LIKELY TO SEE TOUGHENING
--REPORT ENVISIONS SHORTAGE OF TEACHERS FROM RETIREMENTS
--RECESSION STALLS PRE-K, BUT FEDERAL MONEY MAY HELP
--ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BONDS DEFEATED
--COURT AGREES WITH MAT-SU ON CLEANING WORK
--JUNEAU TO REQUIRE BUS DOCUMENTATION
--FAIRBANKS PROCEEDS WITH POLICE GRANT
--STATE OFFICALS WANT TO BEGIN DIALOGUE ON OBESITY
--EDUCATION SECRETARY SAYS AID HINGES ON NEW DATA
--RURAL STUDENTS PUT SCIENCE SKILLS TO THE TEST
--ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS PROJECT FLOURISHES IN MAT-SU
--10 STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR JUNE NELSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
--ALASKA TEEN MEDIA INSTITUTE NETS PRESS CLUB AWARDS
--NEXT BOARD SECRETARY WORKSHOP SCHEDULED APRIL 7
--ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLY OKS $759 MILLION SCHOOL BUDGET
--FAIRBANKS BOARD APPROVES $223.9 MILLION BUDGET
--JUNEAU TEACHERS UNION NEGOTIATES PAY HIKE
--BLANKENSHIPS LEAVE NORTH SLOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT
--SOUTHEAST TOWN SEEKS STUDENTS TO FILL SCHOOL
--NEW NURSES FROM UAA PRICELESS IN ALASKA
--STRIP-SEARCH OF GIRL TESTS LIMIT OF SCHOOL POLICY
--CANDIDATES PICKED FOR PETERSBURG SUPERINTENDENT JOB
--FAIRBANKS ASSEMBLY WEIGHS CUTS TO $31 MILLION SCHOOL BOND
--TANANA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ASKS FOR $200,000 BAILOUT
--NATIVE YOUTH OLYMPICS SHINES IN VALDEZ
--RECITATION CONTEST WOWS POETRY FANS
--EDUCATION SPIN: AN ANALYSIS BY NEWSWEEK
--ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR BOARD SECRETARIES COMING IN MARCH
--KENAI HIRES STEVE ATWATER AS SUPERINTENDENT
--SCHOOLS ALREADY MAKING PLANS WITH STIMULUS MONEY
--FAIRBANKS RESHAPES SECONDARY SCHOOLS
--BEGICH MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDS AN AIRPLANE
--STRAPPED DISTRICTS EYE 4-DAY SCHOOL WEEK
--ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR BOARD SECRETARIES COMING IN MARCH
--FAIRBANKS PITCHES $31 MILLION SCHOOL BOND PROPOSAL
--KENAI SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH PICKS UP MOMENTUM
--NEW HAZING POLICIES APPROVED BY JUNEAU BOARD
--PRE-K PROGRAM DRAWS SKEPTICS
--LAPTOPS BRING LESSONS, MAYBE EVEN PEACE
--NEW SCHOOL USING MORE ELECTRICITY THAN EXPECTED
--DEVOTED TEACHER, COACH DIES
--ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR BOARD SECRETARIES COMING IN MARCH
--EDUCATION CHIEF FAVORS LONGER SCHOOL YEAR
--NEW DATA INDICATE OVERWEIGHT TREND LEVELING OFF
--SCHOOLS CUT FREE LUNCH PROGRAM
--FILTERING INUPIAQ TO KIDS THROUGH A SCREEN
--TEACHER ASKS FOR AID TO HELP REMOTE ALASKA SCHOOL
--SCHOOL DISTRICT USES TWITTER FOR PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
--MAYORAL CANDIDATES DEBATE EDUCATION ISSUES, TAXES
--ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR BOARD SECRETARIES COMING IN MARCH
--FOR EDUCATION CHIEF, STIMULUS MEANS POWER, MONEY, RISK
--RULING GIVES DEAF GIRL $79,000 BUS PASS
--JUDGE: HOOPER BAY FIRE NOT DISTRICT’S FAULT
--JUNEAU MULLS TOUGHER HAZING POLICIES
--FAIRBANKS BOARD APPROVES CHANGE TO DISCRIMINATION POLICY
--FAIRBANKS CHARTER SCHOOL SEEKS STUDENTS FOR FALL
--KODIAK TEACHER JOINS STATE EDUCATION BOARD
--SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH ON FAST TRACK
--STATE ASKS FOR COMMENT ON EDUCATION PLAN
--JUNE NELSON SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
--EDUCATION GOES ON AFTER KALSKAG FIRE
--NONPROFIT RAISES FUNDS FOR KIDS WITHOUT SCHOOL LUNCHES
--FAIRBANKS SCHOOL BOARD TACKLES GENDER IDENTITY POLICY
--FAIRBANKS OFFICIALS PITCH $185 MILLION BUDGET
--ANCHORAGE ASSEMBLY OKS TWO SCHOOL BOND PROPOSALS
--STATE ASKS FOR COMMENT ON EDUCATION PLAN
--SEARCH FOR NEW KENAI SUPERINTENDENT SET IN MOTION
--JUNE NELSON SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
--ALASKA MATH CONSORTIUM BASIC INSTITUTE: JUNE 8-26, 2009
--DUNCAN: STIMULUS AID COULD GIVE SCHOOLS HELP
--ALASKA GETS D-PLUS ON TEACHER MANAGEMENT
--FIRE DESTROYS KALSKAG HIGH SCHOOL
--KENAI SUPERINTENDENT TO STEP DOWN AFTER 10 YEARS
--POPULARITY OF ENERGY DRINKS WORRIES HEALTH OFFICIALS
--JUNE NELSON SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE
--ALASKA MATH CONSORTIUM BASIC INSTITUTE: JUNE 8-26, 2009
--SUPREME COURT RULES SEXUALLY HARASSED STUDENTS MAY SUE
--STUDENTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO GET CHICKEN POX VACCINE
--U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT HONORS 12 ALASKA HIGH SCHOOLS
--TECHNOLOGY TAKES CENTER STAGE IN INTERIOR CLASSROOMS
--FAIRBANKS BOARD INTRODUCES MAINTENANCE BOND PROPOSALS
--PORT LIONS NOW A ONE-TEAM VILLAGE
--REGISTRATION OPENS FOR 2009 LEGISLATIVE FLY-IN
--HOUSE MAJORITY PROPOSES $140 BILLION FOR EDUCATION
--FEW SPECIFICS FROM EDUCATION PICK DUNCAN
--ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BOARD APROVES $97 MILLION IN BONDS
--PLUMMETING GAS PRICES CONTRIBUTE TO SMALL INFLATION RATE
--ALASKA SEES DECLINE IN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LEARNING STUDENTS
--OBAMA PLEDGES SCHOOLS UPGRADE IN STIMULUS
--ALASKA MAYORS GIVE 220 PROJECTS TO SENATOR
--WEST DODGES RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY POLICY
--DELTA TEEN TO PAY RESTITUTION FOR SCHOOL VANDLISM, THEFT
--REGISTRATION OPENS FOR 2009 LEGISLATIVE FLY-IN
-- GOV. PALIN RELEASES FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET
--LEGISLATORS SKEPTICAL ABOUT STATE BUDGET PROPOSAL
--SCHOOLS CHIEF FROM CHICAGO IS CABINET PICK
--OBAMA PLEDGE STIRS HOPE IN EARLY EDUCATION
--ANCHORAGE SCHOOL BOARD HIRES 13 MORE TEACHERS
--FAIRBANKS SCHOOL DISTRICT HIRES MORE LOCAL TEACHERS
--NEW NORTH SLOPE CONTRACT PROVES LESS PAINFUL
--JACOBSEN RESIGNS FROM PETERSBURG SCHOOLS
--RODERICK, LONGTIME ANCHORAGE EDUCATOR, DIES
--U.S. STUDENTS IMPROVE IN MATH, SCIENCE
--MORE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FAIRBANKS LUNCH PROGRAM
--HIGH SCHOOL MIGHT GET WOOD BOILERS FOR HEATING
--OPINION: EDUCATION REQUIRES COMMITMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY
--OPINION: VILLAGE SCHOOLS IN URGENT NEED OF REFORM
--EXTENDED DAY LEARNING OPPORUNITIES SURVEY: DEADLINE 12/18
--OUR ALASKA CONSTITUTION: THE NEXT 50 YEARS
--2009 UDALL INTERNSHIP & SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED
--NEW WEBSITE OFFERS AASB FORUM, CONFERENCE LINKS
--EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP DEC. 10 IN ANCHORAGE
--WINTER BOARDSMANSHIP ACADEMY DEC. 11-12 IN ANCHORAGE
--STATEWIDE EDUCATION SUMMIT SETS GOALS FOR ALASKA
--INTERIOR EDUCATORS SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS
--NOT EVERYONE FAVORS RATING EDUCATORS BY STUDENT GROWTH
--TEEN INTERNET SOCIALIZING NOT A BAD THING
--SAMMY CRAWFORD ELECTED PRESIDENT OF AASB BOARD
--EDUCATION LEADERS SEEK HIGHER TEST SCORES, GRAD RATES
--U.S. SENATE HEARING SATURDAY ON IMPROVING SCHOOLS
--SCHOOLS COME TOGETHER TO SHARE ENERGY IDEAS
--PENINSULA SCHOOLS OFFER A FISHY IDEA FOR STUDENT LUNCHES
--GRANT FUNDS NATIVE TEACHERS PROGRAM
--KATIE JOHN HONORED WITH REDEDICATED SCHOOL IN MENTASTA
--SCHOOL CHIEF TAKES ON TENURE, STIRRING A FIGHT
--55th ANNUAL CONFERENCE SET FOR NEXT WEEK IN ANCHORAGE
--EED BOARD OKAYS 28 WAIVERS FROM 70 PERCENT RULE
--NEW RULES AIM AT IMPROVING LOW GRADUATION RATES
--A PLAN TO CUT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT RATE
--ENROLLMENT INCREASES REPORTED IN ANCHORAGE, MAT-SU
--NATIVE CHARTER SCHOOL MEETS ENROLLMENT GOAL
--PUBLIC INVITED TO COMMENT ON EDUCATION IN ALASKA
