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Press Releases
Alaska Educators Skeptical of School Reopening
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 22, 2020 Contact: Zachary Mannix, Communications Director, NEA-Alaska 907-841-1089 // Zachary.Mannix@neaalaska.org Alaska Educators Skeptical of School Reopening Overwhelming number of Alaska educators raise concerns about in-person lessons. ANCHORAGE: Today, NEA-Alaska, [...]
‘That’s why I’m here’: Alaska teacher’s unique approach to culture and science earns a national teaching prize
November 23, 2020 | KTOO | Katharine Rose | As Americans watched the presidential race draw to an end over the last few months, an educator in Sitka was quietly celebrating her own executive victory. [...]
Anchorage schools forge ahead with plan to begin partial in-person learning amid high COVID-19 cases
November 3, 2020 | ADN | Tess Williams Despite surging COVID-19 cases throughout the Anchorage Municipality in the last few weeks, the school district is pushing forward with its plan to begin in-person learning for [...]
Fairbanks teachers union votes to continue remote learning
November 1, 2020 | Fairbanks Daily News-Miner | Amanda Bohman Members of the local teachers’ union met on Oct. 24 and voted that students should remain in remote learning while the school district is in [...]
Tentative contract agreement reached for Mat-Su teachers
September 25, 2020 | ADN | Emily Goodykoontz | The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District and its teachers union have reached a tentative contract agreement, days after union members voted to authorize a possible strike. The possible [...]