The State Board of Education and Early Development met Thursday by teleconference, and among its actions was approving the University of Alaska Southeast's new endorsement program in distance delivery and e-learning for certificated teachers.

The Alaska Board of Education and Early Development will meet on March 7 and March 8 in the state board room on the ground floor of 801 West 10th Street in Juneau.The meeting is...

The Alaska Board of Education and Early Development will meet by video and teleconference on Monday at 12 p.m.The meeting will originate from the auxiliary boardroom at the Alaska...

Madison Manning, a senior at Meshik School in Port Heiden in the Lake and Peninsula School District, and Thomas Krasnican, a junior at Service High School in the Anchorage School District, are Alaska's delegates to the United States Senate Youth Program for the 2012-2013 school year, Alaska Education Commissioner Mike Hanley announced Friday.

The State of Alaska Board of Education and Early Development, meeting Dec. 6 and Dec. 7 in Anchorage, adopted regulations regarding school districts' evaluations of teachers, administrators and special service providers such as school psychologists.

Fifty-six bills and three resolutions were released, including proposed measures creating a pilot program for a shortened school week, heightening identification requirements for would-be voters, and establishing a schedule and process for state agency performance audits, as the first set of prefiled legislation for the incoming 28th Alaska State Legislature Monday.The prefiled legislation constitutes the first new bills and resolutions offered for consideration in the upcoming legislative session, which starts next Tuesday.

Christopher Simon of Huslia has been named Rural Education Coordinator at the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, effective August 16. Simon has served as principal of the Jimmy Huntington School in Huslia since 2010.

JUNEAU - The state Board of Education and Early Development has approved the curriculum requirements for 2011 seniors to seek performance scholarships. The goal of officials is to have a...

The Legislature on Monday refused to confirm any of Gov. Tony Knowles' appointments to the boards of fisheries and game, the University of Alaska board of regents and the state Board of Education.

After a three-month delay, the state Board of Education and Early Development in June approved a 10-year renewal application for the Ketchikan Charter School. However, the school still is waiting for local approval of a wall at its new home.