David Boyle
Contributor at Freelance
Author, father, think-tanker @NewWeatherInst and @Radix_UK, campaigning for a human-scale system, and other things. New books: Tickbox and Caractacus trilogy.
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3 weeks ago |
mustreadalaska.com | David Boyle
By DAVID BOYLEThere is a battle brewing over the impact of the teacher-pupil ratio and its effect on students’ learning. The Anchorage Education Association has fired the first round in the battle with its going-in position of limiting the number of students in certain grades.
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1 month ago |
mustreadalaska.com | David Boyle
By DAVID BOYLEMargo Bellamy is once again running for the Anchorage School Board. She has served on the school board since 2019, some years as president. And she was employed by the district for 43 years. So, what does Bellamy stand for? Let’s first look at the words she puts on her web page. Here is her “Focus” per her web page:Work with legislators and stakeholders to ensure consistent and predictable funding to the Base Student Allocation.
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1 month ago |
mustreadalaska.com | David Boyle
By DAVID BOYLEThe Anchorage School Board decided to repurpose one of its closed schools — Lake Hood Elementary School — and make it into a Alaska Native Cultural Charter School. The board defied the Administration’s recommendation that the Rilke Schule German Immersion Charter School be transferred to the closed Lake Hood campus. But the board instead pulled the DEI card and pushed the Rilke Schule kids to the back of the proverbial bus.
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1 month ago |
mustreadalaska.com | David Boyle
By DAVID BOYLEThe House Rules Committee passed House Bill 69, which will increase the K-12 budget by more than $250 million this year for a total of $807 million by Fiscal Year 2031. Now the bill is to be heard on the House floor on March 6 at 10 a.m.Here is the fiscal note:That K12 funding comes with no accountability for results. When minority committee members asked where the funding would come from the majority responded that the finance committee would determine that.
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1 month ago |
mustreadalaska.com | David Boyle
By DAVID BOYLEOver the past six months the Anchorage School Board has wrestled with a large budget deficit—estimated at $107 million. Solutions have ranged from closing schools and using its unrestricted fund balance, to shutting down classroom programs. Like all Alaskans, our schools have been suffering from rapid inflation over the past four years. Alaska schools are also suffering from the loss of thousands of students over the last few years.
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