Roughly half of Alaska’s school districts qualified for the five-year grant program, which is managed by the state’s education department.

The lawsuit points to the effects of the state’s underfunding, including low proficiency test scores and dangerous building conditions.

The district abruptly closed the school that serves students grades 6-12 in the community on Monday, Jan. 19. Superintendent Madeline Aguillard said a collapse of the school’s gymnasium would also be catastrophic for the adjoining elementary school.

At least some libraries in Alaska that lost federal funding last spring have received notice that it’s been reinstated.

Lower Kuskokwim School District Superintendent Andrew "Hannibal" Anderson will step down in June 2026.

Rural school district superintendents are trying to “find the best, most optimal use of very lean resources.” Taking on the state’s unmaintained buildings, they say, will only increase their burden.

The Alaska Institute for Justice launched the resource early, to help people affected by the recent Western Alaska storm.

It's not easy to accept 70 new students in the middle of the school year, but College Gate Elementary School in Anchorage welcomed a group of children, forced to relocate to Anchorage, after hurricane-force winds and flooding devastated coastal communities in Western Alaska.

Hundreds of the people displaced by ex-typhoon Halong were children in the middle of their school year. More than 100 of the evacuated students are now taking classes in Bethel.

Oct. 7 is local election day for many communities in Alaska. And for much of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, it’s also election day for Rural Education Attendance Area school boards.