Alaska's Budget Crisis Threatens Education Funding and Quality
TL;DR
Alaska has neglected its rural school infrastructure for years, leading to unsafe and deteriorating buildings, due to a chronic budget crisis fueled by declining oil revenues and lack of sustainable funding solutions, with recent legislative efforts falling short of the needed investment.
- Alaska ignored budget crisis signs. Now, it doesn't have money to fix schools. NPR
- Letters to the Editor Homer News
- Letter: Rep. McCabe got it wrong. Alaska lawmakers bear blame for low student scores. Anchorage Daily News
- Opinion: Education accountability starts at home — not just in Juneau Juneau Empire
- Addressing Alaska’s public education reform and funding The Delta Discovery
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