Education

As legislators review school funding, Alaska’s middling teacher pay is a key focus

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - November 18, 2025

There are a lot of ways to measure how Alaska’s spending on public education stacks up to other states.

Few easy answers or quick fixes for Alaska’s public school system

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - November 6, 2025

Improving Alaska's public school system, it turns out, isn’t cheap.

Dunleavy vetoes bill that would have funded K-12 reading and jobs programs

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - September 29, 2025

Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued his ninth veto of the 2025-2026 Legislature, blocking a bipartisan bill that would have extended corporate income taxes to online businesses to fund reading and job-training programs at public schools. Senate Bill 113,...

As Dunleavy’s special session peters out, legislators cut their own path on education

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - August 26, 2025

The special session still isn’t going anywhere with just a few days left on the clock.

Dunleavy serves up reheated leftovers for the special session

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - July 29, 2025

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's snap special session this weekend is definitely not just about ensuring his slate of deeply unpopular vetoes.

Anchorage schools move ahead with layoffs amid GOP’s ‘slow dismantling of public education’

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - July 17, 2025

Alaska’s public schools have been subjected to a roller coaster of uncertainty.

Trump administration freezes millions in grants to Alaska schools

Education Corinne Smith, Alaska Beacon - July 7, 2025

The withheld grants are aimed at instruction improvements, English language learning, and other areas in schools.

Dunleavy compounds rural school troubles with latest veto of teacher housing bill

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton - June 27, 2025

For a governor who supposedly cares deeply about schools and rural Alaskans, Dunleavy doesn’t seem interested in making their lives easier.

Hiring teachers from the Philippines could mean brain drain for Filipino schools

Economy admin - June 17, 2025

When Alaska school administrators toured Pajo Elementary School, each class greeted them by welcoming them to the Philippines in both English and in Filipino.

New teachers are latest wave in the centuries-long history of Filipinos in Alaska

Economy admin - June 17, 2025

The first Filipino known to visit Alaska came in 1788, aboard a Spanish trading ship called the Iphigenia Nubiana.

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Legislators question state’s handling of Mt. Edgecumbe boarding school after a quarter of the students leave

Alaska schools say funding is still a problem even after last year’s boost

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