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Gabby Hiestand Salgado/KYUKThe Alaska State House has passed an education bill that includes a $1,000 increase to its per-student funding formula. But many school districts throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta say even the proposed increase to the state’s per-student funding would leave them in the red. -
Focal Foto via FlickrThe district says it has taken steps to ensure better protection after the social security numbers of more than 12,000 students were downloaded by an unknown entity in December 2024.
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High school students in Bethel say Alaska Native heritage is integral to their accelerated science and engineering education, and are protesting the University of Alaska's recent decision to rename ANSEP. -
The coastal resilience specialist will work to facilitate close connections with tribes, nonprofits, and agencies in the region as communities face unprecedented challenges dealing with the effects of a changing climate. -
It is now up to the board and Gov. Mike Dunleavy to decide whether or not to implement the new standards, which would allow Alaska Native languages to satisfy the state’s reading requirements. -
Education is increasingly reliant on the internet. And in rural communities, who gets to provide that internet to school districts is a million-dollar question. -
A 13-year-old Bethel high school student was arrested on Sept. 24 for allegedly threatening to blow up Bethel Regional High School and shoot fellow students, according to the Bethel Police Department. -
Agency officials pledged to fully fund the annual Public Library Assistance Grant, but, "it’s not a done deal," librarians say. -
Students at Bethel’s Yup’ik language immersion school attended classes in their own building for the first time ever today (September 11). The new building represents decades of local dedication and advocacy for Indigenous education. -
Andrew “Hannibal” Anderson took the helm of the Lower Kuskokwim School District on July 1. He sat down with KYUK to talk about what drew him to the Kuskokwim Delta and what his priorities are for the region’s largest school district. -
In her nearly 40 years teaching kindergarten and first grade at Napaskiak’s Z.J. Williams Memorial School, Irene Wassillie has emphasized the importance of the Yugtun language in her classroom. -
The Bethel robotics team’s translation project connects people to the meaning of Yup’ik songs and dances, whether it’s their first time hearing the music or they grew up with yuraq.
