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...of our schools and our children's education," he said. The partial waiver must be formally accepted by the state Board of Education at its July 24 meeting. The Obama administration announced Friday that Washington and Wisconsin have been granted...
...people who don't work for him. Larry LeDoux, commissioner of Education and Early Development, works for the state Board of Education and Early Development, not for Parnell, according to state law. The ouster of LeDoux came as a surprise to...
ANCHORAGE (AP) -- The State Board of Education on Wednesday voted unanimously to tighten rules for closing Alaska public schools. Old school closure rules written in the 1970s...
...said he changed his political affiliation from nonpartisan to Democrat and has resigned as a member of the Alaska State Board of Education to run for office. He also is resigning as chair of Alaskans United, a grass roots organization concerned with...
...Commissioner of Education and Early Development job by handing responsibility for filling the job over to the state Board of Education, but may have made it more political, say some lawmakers. "It would appear that the Board of Education has...
...performance levels and oversee school improvement plans using the test data. Holloway plans to propose to the State Board of Education and Early Development that the state assign students identification numbers. This would allow them to monitor...
...officially approved the pass-fail cut-off scores recommended by the special task force evaluating the tests. The state board of education is scheduled to meet Sept. 8 to discuss the issue. Students have several opportunities to take the tests but...
FAIRBANKS(AP) -- The state Board of Education has approved budget waivers for 24 school districts that anticipate spending less than 70 percent of their budgets on instruction...
...resulting from changes the district implemented in the early 1990s. At that time, the district won a waiver from the state Board of Education to use a performance-based system of education rather than the credit system used elsewhere around the state...
...in World War II and then began a long career as a commercial fisher. Wade has been involved in education on the Kenai Peninsula, including teaching as well as being a board member for the school district and state board of education.