Anchorage – Why Anchorage schools just banned plastic glitter. A youth-led effort over microplastic concerns sparked the unanimous vote – Lars Hanson, KTUU
Anchorage – Meet the team that helps decide whether Anchorage students get a snow day – Tim Rockey, ADN
Anchorage – ‘Hugs and smiles’: 40 students from Western Alaska adjust to school in Anchorage – Dani Tompkins, KTUU
Anchorage – Anchorage School District expects $56 million revenue loss in 2027 – Hannah Lee, KTUU
Anchorage – More proposals for program cuts coming as Anchorage School District again faces massive deficit – Tim Rockey, ADN
Anchorage – Anchorage School District halts hiring as $77M budget shortfall looms – Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Anchorage – Anchorage School District announces hiring freeze amid $77M budget shortfall – Tim Rockey, ADN
Anchorage – Anchorage teachers union warns of potential strike vote heading into arbitration – Tim Rockey, ADN
Cordova – With no ferry and districts limited on funds, Cordova’s basketball season hangs in the balance – Camille Botello, Cordova Times
Fairbanks – Fairbanks school district moves library policy forward without changes – Alex Bengel, KTUU
Fairbanks – School board hears community opinions on library policy – Anna Lionas, Faibanks Daily News-Miner
Fairbanks – Fairbanks school board reviews district library policy amid community concerns – Alex Bengel, KTUU
Juneau – Juneau school board contracts with national search firm to find new superintendent – Jamie Diep, KTOO
Kenai – School district forecasts $7.5 million budget deficit – Ashlyn O’Hara, KDLL
Kenai – School district floats 3-year review plan for school closures – Ashlyn O’Hara, KDLL
Ketchikan – School Board approves interim superintendent contract – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News
Ketchikan – Ketchikan school district weighs debt consolidation options – Hunter Morrison, KRBD
Ketchikan – School Board accepts audit – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News
Ketchikan – School Board to discuss audit and potential $5.4M owed to borough – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News
Ketchikan – School district audit on Borough Assembly agenda – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News
Ketchikan – Interim superintendent contract on School Board special meeting agenda – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News
Ketchikan – Local principal selected as district interim Superintendent – Sydney Dauphinais & Hunter Morrison, KRBD
Ketchikan – Boehlert chosen as interim superintendent – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News
Kodiak – Kodiak Island school board begins “heart wrenching” budget process– Davis Hovey, KMXT
Kodiak – KIBSD faces another deficit year, with school, staff cuts on the table – Steve Williams, Kodiak Daily Mirror
Lower Kuskokwim – LKSD superintendent to step down at the end of the school year – Samantha Watson, KYUK
Lower Kuskokwim – Ice storm in Southwest Alaska could impact schools, Halong recovery efforts – KTUU
Mat-Su – Mat-Su population up, but school enrollment down – Tim Bradner, Frontiersman
Mat-Su – School board, assembly get peek at next year’s school funding with $22 million deficit – Tim Bradner, Frontiersman
Mat-Su – School bus flips onto its side in Mat-Su while carrying students – Georgina Fernandez, KTUU
Petersburg – Petersburg school board seat to be filled after nearly 2-month vacancy – Taylor Heckart, KFSK
Sitka – Commissioner Comments on MEHS Discontent – Sitka Daily Sentinel
Sitka – Sitka School Board hears update on REACH homeschool program – Katherine Rose, KCAW
Sitka – School Board Hears Report on Finances – Daily Sitka Sentinel
Unalaska – Unalaska superintendent discusses fall semester, budget planning and school meal improvements – Sofia Stuart-Rasi, KUCB
Wrangell – Congress restores funding for rural schools, roads; $1.6 million ‘backpay’ for Wrangell – Larry Persily, Wrangell Sentinel
After veto overrides, Alaska Gov. Dunleavy drops push for major education reform – Eric Stone, Alaska Public Media
International students and faculty at the University of Alaska Fairbanks grapple with immigration policy changes – Aaron Thomas & Colin A. Warren, ADN
Western Alaska Disaster Relief Fund distributes over $3.3 million in Halong aid – Samantha Watson, KYUK
Boys and Girls Club to abruptly close 2 Anchorage child care programs – Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
After nearly two-year lapse, Congress renews Secure Rural Schools funding – Mark Sabbatini, Juneau Independent
Congress reauthorizes program that sends money to schools near national forests – Iris Samuels, ADN
After nearly two-year lapse, Congress renews Secure Rural Schools funding – Alex Baumhardt, Alaska Beacon
Alaska settles two lawsuits against vape companies for allegedly targeting kids for addiction – James Brooks, Alaska Beacon
Alaska teacher turnover rates have gone up since the pandemic, report finds – Tim Rockey, ADN
‘A wicked problem’: State Board of Education presented with educator turnover rates – Justin Mattson, KTUU
New data shows teacher and principal turnover in Alaska continuing to rise – Jamie Diep, KTOO
UAF slashes Center for Teaching and Learning – Anna Lionas, Faairbanks Daily News-Miner
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump – Cory Turner, NPR
Interim Chancellor Sfraga updates community on State of UAF – Anna Lionas, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Education task force co-chair says a statewide study will help guide legislative decisions – Angela Denning, CoastAlaska
4-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the effects – Robbie Sequeira, News From The States
State utility regulators approve secrecy orders for billionaire’s takeover of GCI – James Brooks, Alaska Beacon
Alaska Pacific University earns statewide, national recognition for student success – Anthony Wright, Your Alaska Link
Trump administration’s effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle – Collin Binkley, Associated Press