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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2017School districts across the country received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month, ordering administrators to remove any language or policies that focus on Diversity, Equity or Inclusion, also called DEI. The letter was sent late in the day on Friday, February 14. And it gave administrators two weeks to comply. Now, a day before the deadline, the impacts of the letter are being felt by school districts across Alaska. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLThe University of Alaska system strikes DEI language from its programs, job titles, websites.
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Just after midnight this morning, the Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board voted to close Ben Eielson Junior/Senior High School. They postponed voting on the closure of other schools to instead focus on the budget. The board resumes meeting tonight. -
NewsSchool closures were the focus of a Monday night worksession for the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education. Members heard about the closures of Ben Eielson Jr./Senior High School and Ticasuk Brown Elementary school, as well as the possibility of closing two more elementary schools. -
The Alaska Reads Act is supposed to improve reading skills for kids up to third grade. But older kids who still don’t have reading proficiency may miss the opportunity. A local woman is stepping in to provide a reading development program at a one-time event in Fairbanks. -
Membership in an after-school remote-controlled model aircraft club in Delta Junction is growing, and they’re branching out: Delta RC Flyers members are offering activities ranging from finding lost animals to drone races in school hallways and gyms. -
At least a dozen school districts across Alaska received bomb threats emailed to them Tuesday, including those in Anchorage, Dillingham and Delta Junction. -
More Alaska school administrators spoke out Wednesday against Governor Mike Dunleavy’s deep cuts into education funding that lawmakers passed earlier this year. -
After more than a year of negotiating, the teachers’ union and the support staff union in Fairbanks have not worked out a contract with the local school district. They plan to picket near the intersection of University Avenue and the Johansen Expressway tomorrow afternoon. Both unions will enter Arbitration with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in August. -
A group of University of Alaska graduate student workers trying to form a union marched on the UAF campus Friday. They’re following a nationwide trend of student workers organizing. -
The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Board of Education passed a $222,873,000 budget Wednesday night – about 15.3 million dollars less than last year’s spending. The recommendation includes about a $56 million ask from local taxpayers. The budget goes now to the borough assembly for approval. -
A sound artist who makes music from the natural world is in residency this week at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Alaska composer Matthew Burtner gave a workshop this afternoon, that brought together science and music. He will join Fairbanks musicians for a community concert Thursday evening.
