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Alaska to look at NCLB waivers

...they're offering and we don't know what they'd demand in return, but we're definitely interested. The (state education) commissioner would probably review the materials from U.S. Department of Education and discuss it with the governor...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-09-08/alaska-look-nclb-waivers
Local
State still looking into NCLB waivers

...Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the waiver program in September, and earlier this month state education commissioner Mike Hanley told The Associated Press it would be "wrong" of the state to not consider them.Eric Fry...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-12-01/state-still-looking-nclb-waivers
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More schools statewide meet academic goals

...of 488 schools the year before, the state reported. "The news today is very, very encouraging," said state Education Commissioner Roger Sampson from a press videoconference in Anchorage on Wednesday. "I believe that we're seeing some...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/080504/loc_fallingshort.shtml
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AlaskaDigest

...at least 64 percent of a school's students be proficient in reading and writing and 56 percent in math. State Education Commissioner Roger Sampson announced Wednesday that 282 of Alaska's 488 schools did not make adequate yearly progress...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082203/sta_akdigest.shtml
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State Briefs

...oversees federal fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. Teacher of the Year finalists named ANCHORAGE - State Education Commissioner Shirley Holloway has named four finalists for 2003 Alaska Teacher of the Year. The honorees are Dimond High...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/092502/sta_briefs.shtml
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Stimulus dollars drive demand for consultants

...the competition, leading to an 11th-place finish - just out of the money. Bret Schundler, New Jersey's state education commissioner at the time, took responsibility for the error and was fired. Wireless Generation officials have not commented...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/030311/sta_793999099.shtml
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Juneau Empire Story Archive

...recommendation to name Cross as state education commissioner. Cross' ``work on...recommendation to name Cross as state education commissioner. Rick Cross named to...recommendation to name Cross as state education commissioner. Home>Archives> Rick...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/041699/Loc_education.shtml
Failing miserably

...contain words such as "success," "progressing" and "improved." Sound off on the important issues at The state education commissioner and local superintendents seem disconnected from reality. In 2006, Alaska ranked 41st nationally with a 68...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/082907/let_20070829013.shtml
Opinion
Alaska editorial: Failing schools still need state's attention

...Smith testified. The community and any holdover faculty reject it. But superintendents, former and present state education commissioners and others made lots of other suggestions. Go lay out the problem to a community if the town's school system...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/070907/opi_editorial001.shtml
Opinion
Alaska Digest

State education commissioner resigns Sound off on the important issues at JUNEAU - Roger Sampson, the state commissioner of Education and Early Development...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061307/sta_20070613024.shtml
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