The 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.

The 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.

Nunacuarni school district-aat akikiterkaat kitugutkanun state-amek kingunengqelartuq. Taugam allrakut yuinaq talliman cipluki, Alaska-mi alerquuciurcet nallungualarait amlleret ikayungcaucet elitnaurvignek nunamta nutem yukekain elitnaurviit.

Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests from public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.

This week, KYUK will release the first part of an investigation with ProPublica that looks at infrastructure issues in rural Alaska schools.

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.