Twenty years of data show how budget cut-backs for K-12 schools starting in 2007 predict both the loss of teachers and plunging student proficiencies in Alaska… This report by Mike Bronson, NAACP Anchorage education committee, looks at how the base student allocation (BSA) and the numbers of teachers correlate with the drop in student proficiency over recent years.
In November, Executive Director Caroline Storm and I went to Tulsa, Oklahoma for a national convening on the state of public education. Representatives from coalitions across twenty-two states joined at the PEER convening for three days of conversation and learning about public education and advocacy in the U.S. …
On November 7, 2024, the Coalition for Education Equity passed a Member Resolution calling for a raise to the Base Student Allocation (BSA). You can read the full resolution here.
Early in October, CEE Fellow Nisha Marino visited Gustavus and got to participate in a field trip for the school’s K-2 class. Here are her reflections.
As CEE’s Executive Director, I had the opportunity to travel out to Western Alaska at the end of August to engage with three member school communities at 4 different sites and meet with three district superintendents, Bethel Mayor Mark Springer, and District 38 Representative CJ McCormick.
Application deadline: April 19, 2024! The Spike Jorgensen Scholarship is awarded annually to students from Coalition for Education Equity member school districts who show strong promise in overcoming academic, personal, or societal obstacles to excel in his or her chosen area of post-secondary education.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed FY 2025 budget was introduced Dec. 14 and totals $13.9 billion with a deficit of just under $1 billion. Governor Dunleavy is proposing a Permanent Fund Dividend of $3,400 per resident at a cost of approximately $2.39 billion.