Results of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) offer a snapshot of how pandemic school closures impacted students. While looking at Alaska’s scores from all students, as a November 2022 reportRead More
Senate Had Opportunity to Tie BSA Increase to Outcomes
Education spending was a source of endless debate in the 33rd legislature this spring. The legislature ultimately authorized the largest ever one-time increase in school funding totaling $175 million. The budget included noRead More
Podcast: An Inside Look at the Alaska Leadership Academy
Conversations with Bethany Marcum: An Inside Look at the Alaska Leadership Academy APF CEO Bethany Marcum was recently featured on the Must Read Alaska podcast to share insights from the successful inaugural classRead More
Alaska Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS): HB22 / SB35 Threaten Alaska’s Budgets
In partnership with Alaska Policy Forum, the Pension Integrity Project at Reason Foundation analyzed two bills proposing public retirement plan changes in the Alaska Legislature. Examining An Alaska Pension Reform Counterfactual
Cash for Alaska’s School Districts: July 2023 Update
By Quinn Townsend and Josiah Davidson The state of Alaska published the Alaska K–12 Education COVID-19 Federal Relief Funding Dashboard to make transparent how much federal COVID-19 relief funding school districts received andRead More
Testimony: Licensure State Compacts
Erick Cordero Giorgana, Vice President of Operations at APF, testified before the Senate Finance Committee during an SB74 and SB75 hearing on policies establishing professional licensure compacting between states.