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Group warns against computer exams in Alaska, other states

...said, adding, "We're using our kids as guinea pigs to test this out."The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development announced last month that Alaska had become the 26th member of SBAC, a state-led consortium that seeks to bring...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-07/group-warns-against-computer-exams-alas
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LeDoux's HB197 ending social promotion of 3rd-graders held

...third grade, we'd see a difference," Mike Hanley, the commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, told the committee.While these are all positive strategies, according to Hanley, he noted that it is important...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-11/ledouxs-hb197-ending-social-promotion-3
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School security funds to address lockdown needs

...Districts will be given funds based on a formula that relies on their student count.The Department of Education and Early development said it will clearly outline the Legislature's intent when the funds are distributed, according to Deputy Education...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-18/school-security-funds-address-lockdown-
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State Board approves UAS distance learning endorsement

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...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-19/state-board-approves-uas-distance-learn
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Alaska joins student assessment consortium

The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development announced Friday that Alaska is joining a state-led consortium developing tests aligned with a national initiative to establish...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-21/alaska-joins-student-assessment-consort
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Budget headed for Senate vote

...program run by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.No amendment was offered Tuesday proposing more...the Senate Finance subcommittee on Education and Early Development and tasking it with working on solutions to school...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-26/budget-headed-senate-vote
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Senate Dems offer qualified praise for budget

...2.48 million. The House Finance Committee's budget subcommittee on the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, chaired by Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, cut that down to $2 million - a reduction maintained by the Senate...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-27/senate-dems-offer-qualified-praise-budg
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Alaska hopes to lead in digitizing classrooms

...schools are absent to technology that we use in the rest of our lives."The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development wants to add expand three digital learning projects already in place, but the ambitious centerpiece of its effort...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-31/alaska-hopes-lead-digitizing-classrooms
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Board of Education to meet in Juneau

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...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-02-22/board-education-meet-juneau
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A tablet for every Alaskan student and teacher?

...senators on a subcommittee delegated by the Senate Finance Committee to work on the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development's budget, describing the goals of a four-year initiative to provide all of Alaska's students and teachers with...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-11/tablet-every-alaskan-student-and-teache
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