Data from the Institute of Social and Economic Research shows teacher and principal turnover rates have increased overall beyond levels preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Education
University of Alaska will hold listening sessions as part of president search
An executive search firm contracted by the university will host sessions in Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks to get input on what the university community wants to see from the next president.
Juneau teachers union upset over district’s arbitration announcement for contract negotiations
The move took the union by surprise, and led educators to send a public message to Juneau’s school board.
Juneau School District holds on to $1.05 million in city funds for child care despite ending RALLY program
The Juneau School Board tabled a motion to return the funding earmarked for child care indefinitely.
Juneau School Board to consider returning $1.05 million in child care funding to the city
The funding was earmarked for afterschool child care, which the district stopped providing last summer.
Alaska owns dozens of crumbling schools. It wants underfunded districts to take them on
Rural school district superintendents are trying to find the best use of limited resources. Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.