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School board votes to rejuvenate world language curriculum

The Juneau School District Board of Education approved a motion to rejuvenate its world language curriculum by adding instructional materials for several languages that were being taught with obsolete materials.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-05-08/school-board-votes-rejuvenate-world-lan
Local
Conference committee cobbles together operating budget

...lead in denying funding for the "1 to 1 Initiative," a four-year project proposed by the Alaska Association of School Boards to provide every public school student in Alaska with a tablet computer and train all of the state's public school...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-13/conference-committee-cobbles-together-o
State
The original capital creep

...Friday, June 29, as the date for an election to approve the proposition and elect a City Council of seven members and a School Board of three members.What really got the Juneau citizens riled up was Governor Brady promoting the resources of other...

http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2013-04-14/original-capital-creep
Neighbors
Conference committee compromises on state operating budget

...lead in denying funding for the "1 to 1 Initiative," a four-year project proposed by the Alaska Association of School Boards to provide every public school student in Alaska with a tablet computer and train all of the state's public school...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-14/conference-committee-compromises-state-
State
School security funds to address lockdown needs

...but are only going forward with one - making sure that every classroom has doors that lock from the inside.Anchorage School Board member Natasha von Imhof said the district has already set aside a portion of its budget for the next fiscal year to...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-04-18/school-security-funds-address-lockdown-
State
Former mayor Overstreet dies Monday

...moving through the ranks and eventually becoming superintendent of the Juneau School District and director of the Alaska School Board Association. After retiring from education, Overstreet ran for mayor with the intention of keeping the Capitol in...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-04-08/former-mayor-overstreet-dies-monday
Local
Senate Dems offer qualified praise for budget

...Parnell requested for digital education programs - Wilson mentioned the "1 to 1 Initiative," an Alaska Association of School Boards-led effort to train teachers how to teach using tablet computers and provide every Alaska public school student with...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-27/senate-dems-offer-qualified-praise-budg
State
My Turn: Alaska's most valuable resource

...like? I don't know. But as a school board member, I consider it a sacred...resources.Yet, across our state, school boards are struggling over which essentials...president of the Association of Alaska School Boards and a member of the Fairbanks School...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-29/my-turn-alaskas-most-valuable-resourc
Opinion
No travel? No way!

...community to district administration or school board members. The first opportunity...issue or related to the budget the school board passed on Tuesday evening, but...again worked on it and finally the school board on Tuesday night took it into consideration...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-03-29/no-travel-no-way
Sports
Alaska hopes to lead in digitizing classrooms

...director of the Association of Alaska School Boards. "If business is totally dependent...what about our schools?"The school board association is partnering with...district has concerns.The Anchorage School Board, which serves over a third of...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-03-31/alaska-hopes-lead-digitizing-classrooms
State

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