Education

Swine flu vaccination clinics set for several schools in next 2 days

The Anchorage School District has scheduled swine flu vaccination clinics for children at 17 elementary schools this week.

School District looks to slash $15 million

The Anchorage School District is going through its books to chop $15 million out of the $800 million budget slated for the next school year.

Swine flu clinics at 17 schools this week

The Anchorage School District scheduled swine flu vaccination clinics for children at 17 elementary schools this week.

Talkeetna woman named PE teacher of year

Cramming a half-hour of exercise into two dozen distracted bodies looked almost effortless, but Karen Mannix has been doing it for 20 years at Talkeetna and Trapper Creek Elementary schools.

School board gets seat via coin toss

The Ketchikan School Board needed a coin flip to fill its open seat.

Campus greenhouse provides UAF students with produce

Some of the salad greens that University of Alaska Fairbanks students are eating in dining halls this fall are coming from just a few hundred yards away.

First Alaska rural education director appointed by governor

Alaska has its first director of rural education. Juneau School Board Member Phyllis Carlson has been selected for the position.

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Program shows teens dangers of distraction

Mariah Bohanan, 14, tries to text while driving in an exercise of Allstate's distracted driving course Saturday. The course challenged about a dozen teens to navigate around cones while being distracted by cell phones, food, loud music and passengers to give them an understanding of the danger.

Video: Driving with distractions

Professor to resign after university rejects his grievance

A University of Alaska professor who was stripped of his federal grant after he criticized the oil industry said he's resigning.

Sheldon Jackson officials seeking a partnership with Iowa college

Sitka officials visited the Midwest last week to continue talks about a partnership between Sheldon Jackson College and Dubuque University, an Iowa-based Presbyterian university.

University lets stand decision to strip professor of federal funds

The University of Alaska has rejected a faculty union grievance filed on behalf of a professor who had federal funding pulled for being an outspoken critic of the oil industry.

Anchorage's first school health clinic approved

By next fall Clark Middle School students could get their school physicals and shots, get treatment for infections or a sprain, and maybe see a behavioral health specialist, all at a clinic right within their Eastside school.

Football player's foundation aids students taking SAT, ACT

The Warrick Dunn Foundation, established by former Tampa Bay and Atlanta running back Warrick Dunn, and eKnowledge, has extended the National SAT/ACT sponsorship program, available to all local high school students.

Teacher faces felony forgery, drug charges

An Anchorage elementary school teacher faces dozens of felony charges that she forged prescriptions and illegally got Adderall, according to police.

Pupils with lice won't go home early

Anchorage public schools no longer are sending children home early because of head lice, though they won't be able to return to class the next day if it's not cleared up, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Educators including Alaskans tell new Columbus story

Columbus' stature in U.S. classrooms has declined somewhat through the years, and many districts will not observe his namesake holiday today. Although lessons vary, many teachers try to present a more balanced perspective of what happened after Columbus reached the Caribbean.

Columbus Day closures

Grants aid Tlingit language, culture education

Millions of dollars in education grants are going toward Tlingit language learning for Juneau students.

Governor wants good grades rewarded with scholarships

Gov. Sean Parnell is proposing the state pay the entire Alaska college or job training tuition for every high school student who graduates with a A average and takes four years of math, science and language arts. Students who graduate with a B could get 75 percent of their tuition covered under the plan.

Fewer Alaskans put PFD money in college savings plan

FAIRBANKS -- The number of Alaskans directing Permanent Fund dividend money toward college savings increased each year between 1998 and 2008. Then came 2009.

Drug testing approved for high school athletes in Juneau

The School District Board of Education for Juneau has unanimously approved mandatory drug testing for high school athletes.

Tlingit language and culture aided by grant

Millions of dollars in education grants are going toward Tlingit language learning for Juneau students.