GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer A Mt. Edgecumbe High School student tried on his new basketball shoes in the gym Tuesday – a pair of Nikes originally intended for NBA legend LeBron James. The …

By: Corinne Smith  Alaska Beacon School districts across the state are starting to issue “pink slip” notices to teachers and staff that they may be laid off, in what has become a …

GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer As the Sitka School Board enters the final stages of crafting the fiscal year 2026 budget, district officials outlined the serious …

By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon Alaska school districts that offer early childhood learning programs for children ages 3 to 5, such as programs to help children be ready …

SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer From costume designing to dancing, acting, singing, circus arts teaching, music playing, and backstage work, 18-year-old Rita Christianson wears many hats. And …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon   The Alaska House of Representatives is asking Congress to fix a problem with a program that pays money to rural school districts affected by the decline of the timber …

By JAMES BROOKS  Alaska Beacon Neither an Alaska free-speech law nor the First Amendment protect a former North Slope Borough principal fired for making a derogatory version of the local …

By CORRINE SMITH Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday that is aimed at adding $275 million to fund public schools starting this summer. The House spent long …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon The Alaska House of Representatives today began debating a bill that would provide a big boost to K-12 public school funding. When legislators begin talking, …

GARLAND KENNEDY Sentinel Staff Writer In a cost saving move, the Sitka School Board voted Wednesday to form its own food service and abandon its school lunch contract with a commercial provider …

SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Fifth-grade band members remember their first steps in learning their new instruments at the beginning of the school year, starting with assembling them and …

SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer Mt. Edgecumbe High School took nine students to compete at the 2025 Drama, Debate and Forensics State Championships, and came home with top prizes in their …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon Alaska’s public schools could receive a major permanent funding increase under a bill that will receive a final vote in the Alaska House of Representatives as soon …

SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer The Sitka High drama, debate and forensics team won multiple team titles for its ninth year in a row, and captured several individual awards, at the state …

By Shannon Haugland Sentinel Staff Writer A resolution supporting a state increase in funding for education was passed by the Assembly at Tuesday night’s regular meeting. Acting on other …

By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon The University of Alaska Board of Regents voted to comply with recent executive orders by President Donald Trump, including removing the words “diversity,” …

By JAMES BROOKS Alaska Beacon A key House panel unexpectedly advanced a major rewrite of Alaska’s per-student funding formula for public schools on Thursday. Without objection, the House …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     Mt. Edgecumbe High School’s music program surpassed a milestone last weekend when Eva Nay, Brooklyn DeWitt and Kate Plaisance sang with the …

By SHANNON HAUGLAND Sentinel Staff Writer     Performing in music groups of more than 200 was a new experience for most of the nine Sitka High music students taking part in last weekend’s …

By CORINNE SMITH Alaska Beacon     Dozens of Alaska students, parents and school board members from across the state visited the Legislature on Monday, painting a picture of crowded classrooms, …