Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Anchorage School District Needs to Consolidate Its Classroom Space

Anchorage has dedicated more space for elementary schools than it currently needs, and it is making ASD less effective than it could be. Click to read more: Anchorage Needs to Consolidate Its Classroom Space
January 16th, 2012 | Education | Read More

Closing the Education Achievement Gap

Closing the Education Achievement Gap
“Closing the Education Achievement Gap”  Dr. Ben Chavis, founder of the American Indian Model (AIM) Charter School in Oakland, California will present on the topic of motivating students, especially minority and lower income students, to achieve their maximum potential. His AIM middle school...
December 14th, 2011 | Education, Featured | Read More

Anchorage School District Report Card Map

Anchorage School District Report Card Map
Earlier in November, the Alaska Policy Forum released a report card for the schools in the Anchorage School District. With that report card as a starting point, the Forum created a more improved rating system, and integrated it into a clickable map for easier navigation. If you have questions or comments about...
November 29th, 2011 | Education, Featured, Recent News | Read More

Alaska Native Cultural Charter School Most Improved in ASD

From the 2009-10 to the 2010-2011 school year, the Alaska Native Cultural Charter School in the Anchorage School District saw the most improvement in their performance. Based on the Standard Based Assessment test scores, the charter school saw a gain of 8.7 points. To view the change in performance...
November 15th, 2011 | Education | Read More

Alaska Federation of Natives Endorses School Choice

Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska’s grassroots movement for parental choice in education received a significant boost the other day with the endorsement by delegates to the 2011 Annual Convention of the Alaska Federation of Natives, according to Jeremy Thompson, executive director of the Alaska Policy...
November 8th, 2011 | Education | Read More

UPDATE: Anchorage School District Gets Report Card

UPDATE, Monday November 28, 2011: Alaska Policy Forum has revised the letter grades that were assigned to the SBA averages for each school in the Anchorage School District. The new system is as follows: A= 90%-100% B= 80%-89% C= 70%-79% D= 60%-69% F= 0%-59% We feel this grading system to be a better...
November 3rd, 2011 | Education, Recent News | Read More

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Sheds Light on Alaska School Choice Poll

Folks in Interior Alaska now know about the Friedman Foundation survey results which show Alaskans support school vouchers by a 2 to 1 margin thanks to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The results are eye-opening and indicate that if given the choice, Alaskans by a large margin endorse the idea of school...
November 1st, 2011 | Education | Read More

Poll: Alaska Voters Support School Choice

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Voters in Alaska decidedly favor school vouchers and other educational choice policies that would provide parents a range of options when it comes to educating their children, according to a poll released today by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. A school voucher system...
October 27th, 2011 | Education | Read More

Needed: Your Input on Everyday Math Program, Help!

If your child is having difficulties with the Everyday Math program or is doing well in the EDM program, then you should attend the community input meeting the School District is hosting and provide comments. This is your golden opportunity to help your child with math. The School District is reviewing...
October 18th, 2011 | Education, Recent News | Read More

Steve Jobs, Entrepreneur, Innovator, Capitalist on Education in the US

Steve Jobs strongly favored school choice (vouchers) for every child as a means to improve educational opportunity for all. He believed that competition from “vouchered” schools would make the public schools either improve their product or go away. His strong endorsement of freedom of choice...
October 6th, 2011 | Education | Read More

Everyday Math Just Doesn’t Add Up

The Anchorage School District commissioned The Council of the Great City Schools to evaluate why the Every Day Math (EDM) program is not increasing student achievement. In a voluminous report, the CGCS concluded that the school district has made some strides in Standards Based Assessment scores following...
October 3rd, 2011 | Education | Read More

The Education Revolution is Here!

The education revolution has been here for awhile and it is the Khan Academy. The brainchild of Salman Khan, the Academy was begun in 2006 as a not-for-profit You Tube based educational tool for anyone, anywhere. It currently has more than 2,600 lessons ranging from simple arithmetic to complex physics....
September 27th, 2011 | Education | Read More

Great Opportunity to Help Select New ASD Superintendent

Because Superintendent Carol Comeau will retire as of June 30, 2012, the Anchorage School Board has begun a selection process for her replacement. This new superintendent will be the implementer of the School Board’s vision. Now is the time for you to voice your comments/opinions as to what is...
September 2nd, 2011 | Education | Read More

School Choice Event with Keynote Speaker Dr. Lance Izumi-August 11

Dr. Lance Izumi, Senior Fellow and Senior Director of Education Studies at the Pacific Research Institute, will be the exciting keynote speaker at the School Choice event on August 11. Dr. Izumi will address the “Myths of School Choice” following a showing of his award-winning documentary,”Not...
August 8th, 2011 | Education | Read More

Colorado School Board has Interests of Students as #1 Priority

(The Denver Channel.com) CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — The Douglas County School District has approved a plan to create its own “fake” charter school in order to implement the first-of-its kind voucher program.The Choice Scholarship School has no unique curriculum and no building and the students...
August 8th, 2011 | Education | Read More

Stanford to offer free class online

The democratization of education continues: Stanford University will be offering the class “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence” online for free this fall to anyone who wishes to take it. The class will include testing, quizzes, and two 75 minute lectures per week. Ten-thousand have signed...
August 7th, 2011 | Education | Read More
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