2025-11 School District, State & Federal Education News

Anchorage – The Anchorage School District is moving forward with plans to put daycare in empty classrooms – KTUU

Anchorage – Anchorage School District, state leaders clash over ‘non-endorsement’ stickers on Constitution booklets – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – Anchorage schools welcome students displaced by Typhoon Halong – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – Anchorage School District and teachers union to enter arbitration over contract dispute – Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Anchorage – Anchorage schools safe: Fire Lake and Lake Otis stay open – La’shawn Donelson, Your Alaska Link

Anchorage – Anchorage School Board rejects closing 2 more elementary schools – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – Anchorage School Board passes $79M bond proposal – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – Anchorage School District and teachers union to enter arbitration over contract dispute – Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Anchorage – Anchorage School Board rejects closing two more elementary schools – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – Anchorage School Board votes to spare 2 elementary schools – Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Anchorage – Two Anchorage elementary schools escape closure – Georgina Fernandez and Joe Allgood, KTUU

Anchorage – Anchorage School Board set to vote Tuesday on 2 elementary closures – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – ‘A little piece of home:’ ASD Indigenous Regalia Workshop kicks off Friday night – Joe Allgood, KTUU

Anchorage – State bond debt reimbursements return as Anchorage School Board weighs $79 million proposal – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – Anchorage’s Yup’ik immersion program welcomes students from disaster-stricken villages – Rhonda McBride, KNBA

Anchorage – University of Alaska Board of Regents approve 4% tuition increase – Tim Rockey, ADN

Anchorage – ‘Not a hurdle we expected to face,’ Fire Lake Elementary faces another year on the chopping block – Alaska’s News Source

Anchorage – Nearly 70 people signed up to speak at Tuesday’s meeting of the Anchorage School Board – Alaska’s News Source

Anchorage – Anchorage families protest potential closure of Lake Otis Elementary – La’shawn Donelson, Your Alaska Link

Anchorage – Anchorage school closures on agenda for Tuesday’s board meeting – Joe Allgood, Alaska’s News Source

Anchorage – Anchorage teachers express concerns over food and behavioral programs ahead of decision to close two elementary schools – Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media

Anchorage – ASD cancels bus service in several areas due to black ice – Alaska’s News Source

Fairbanks – Community members can pay off student meal debt under Fairbanks program – Alex Bengel, Alaska’s News Source

Fairbanks – School board wins Outstanding Alaska School Board Award – Anna Lionas, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Fairbanks – Rising to the education challenge: Goals for the FNSB School Board – Bobby Burgess, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Fairbanks – Fairbanks food banks and volunteers race to fight hunger amid shutdown SNAP disruptions – Shelby Herbert KUAC

Fairbanks – Two Rivers HomeSTEAD presents charter – Anna Lionas, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Fairbanks – School board discusses attracting home school students amid dropping enrollment – Alex Bengel, KTVF

Fairbanks – Fairbanks school district sees lower-than-projected enrollment numbers after October count – Alex Bengel, Alaska’s News Source

Juneau – Juneau teachers union upset over district’s arbitration announcement for contract negotiations – Jamie Diep, KTOO

Juneau – Tlingit & Haida to turn Floyd Dryden building into youth hub – Mari Kanagy, Juneau Empire

Juneau – Juneau School Board to consider returning $1.05 million in child care funding to the city – Jamie Diep, KTOO

Juneau – JDHS teachers and students share insight on possible JSD funding changes  – Aurora Madsen, Juneau Independent

Juneau – Teacher’s union speaks on lapsed contract as board members shuffle. Juneau Educators Association’s contract expired at the end of July – Mari Kanagy, Juneau Empire

Juneau – Departing school board leaders look back as new members are sworn in – Jasz Garrett, Juneau Independent

Juneau – Juneau schools work to keep students fed as federal government shutdown continuesJamie Diep, KTOO

Kenai – Kenai Conversation: School board reflections with former longtime members – Ashlyn O’Hara, KDLL

Kenai – School board OKs Nikolaevsk charter school – Ashlyn O’Hara, KDLL

Kenai – Lawmakers bring education task force to Kenai schools – Ashlyn O’Hara, KDLL

Kenai – Board of Education moves to increase school meal prices – Chloe Anderson, Peninsula Clarion

Kenai – School board rejects Aurora Borealis Charter high school proposal – Ashlyn O’Hara, KDLL

Kenai – Kenai City Council terminates Challenger Learning Center’s lease – Chloe Anderson, Peninsula Clarion

Kenai – Kenai Aviation halts flight service due to debt – Chloe Anderson, Peninsula Clarion

Ketchikan – School Board to interview three interim superintendent candidates – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News

Ketchikan – Ortiz withdraws; School Board will interview other interim supt. candidates on Nov. 25 – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News

Ketchikan – Three locals and one Alaskan are finalists for interim superintendent position – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News

Ketchikan – School Board members avoid recall – Alex Abbeduto, Ketchikan Daily News

Ketchikan – School Board extends interim superintendent contract – Scott Bowlen, Ketchikan Daily News

Ketchikan – Interim superintendent extension on School Board agenda – Ketchikan Daily News

Kodiak – Sun’aq Tribe pitches using North Star Elementary as a daycare – Brian Venua, KMXT

Lake and Peninsula – Levelock’s school closes due to low enrollment – Margaret Sutherland, KDLG

Lower Kuskokwim – Evacuated students from storm-impacted communities join Bethel classrooms – Samantha Watson, KYUK

Mat-Su – Anger continued over removal of land acknowledgement at school board meeting – Katie Stavick, Frontiersman

Mat-Su –MSBSD continues to offer free and reduced cost meals – Katie Stavick, Frontiersman.

Mat-Su – Indigenous land acknowledgments halted by Mat-Su School District – Amy Bushatz, Mat-Su Sentinel

Nome – Design of new Stebbins school nears completion, construction to begin in 2026 – Ben Townsend, KNOM

Nome – New Director Bridges Academics and Indigenous Knowledge – KNOM

Sitka – School Board Deals With Packed Agenda – Daily Sitka Sentinel

Skagway – Skagway School’s budget ask is significantly higher than last year – Melinda Munson, KHNS

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