Maintaining Nonpartisan Local Control
Lon Garrison, AASB Executive Director Alaska’s model of school governance is most likely one of the purest forms of representative democracy that exists. Any qualified […]
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Alaska’s Education Heroes
Lon Garrison, AASB Executive Director I would never have imagined I would start my tenure as the AASB executive director in the middle of a […]
Continue reading »School Board Elections & Keeping Track of Board Policy
Lon Garrison, AASB Director of Membership Services In a two-part presentation, Lon Garrison explained the mechanics of school board elections and process of filling a […]
Continue reading »Moving Forward, AASB and Post Pandemic Education
Lon Garrison, Incoming AASB Executive Director It is almost the new year, and I think we can all agree that we are ready to see […]
Continue reading »Equity and Policy
Lon Garrison and Lisa X’unyéil Worl, AASB Lisa Worl began the presentation with a definition of what equity is not: deficit thinking. The key to […]
Continue reading »Policies are Necessary, But Not Sufficient
Lon Garrison, AASB and John Sedor, Sedor Wendlandt Evans & Filippi Lon Garrison urged board members to develop a clear understanding of school-based sexual boundary […]
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