
Look Beyond the Labels and See Where You Can Make a Difference
As we get closer to our target date, we are focused on helping those students struggling the hardest to walk the graduation stage. We know

Giving Students Who Struggle a Chance to Graduate
I remember a time when neighbors and communities would lock arms to tackle a cause. A time when young folks who didn’t always have the

Small Business, Big Change
It is the season of giving and small businesses around Anchorage have gotten in the spirit for Lake Hood’s Community PLUS Schools Adventure Club. Alaska Escape Rooms, Get

The Power of Back on Track: Someone is There to Care
Ten hours a day, four days a week, Pedro Aviles makes his living by going the extra mile. It’s still a shorter trip than many

Complexity Demands Adaptive Leadership Strategies
In Anchorage, we all breathed a collective sigh of relief in August when the news media described the likely beginning of economic recovery. Job losses

All You Need is Love…And a Little Food
The sound of laughter floated down the hallway at Airport Heights Elementary. In the classroom kitchen, Community PLUS Schools students were participating in cooking club.

Nature Lights the Way, Nurture Tells the Story
What do a book a month and 1 million new neural connections per second have in common? They both propel a child toward high school

A Fighting Chance to Graduate
In 2005, the Anchorage High School graduation rate was 59 percent. Since then, the aim of 90% Graduation by 2020 has been to raise and sustain the

More Than Chalk
Last Friday was a great example of what it means to Live United. Students, public officials, parents, employees and teachers banded together to write messages

Chalk for Change
Coming from a single-parent home in Anchorage and having three siblings in school at the same time, I remember a handful of years when back

28 Reasons Why We Fight for 90% by 2020
Smiles, selfies and families standing shoulder to shoulder marked the Anchorage School District’s summer school graduation class of 41 students on Tuesday at East High

Math Is Hard – Stop Sending This Message To Our Kids!
“I’m just not good at math….” Common statement. Often with a giggle or a shrug. And, widely accepted. Well, stop it. Please. When our children

Look Beyond the Labels and See Where You Can Make a Difference
As we get closer to our target date, we are focused on helping those students struggling the hardest to walk the graduation stage. We know

Giving Students Who Struggle a Chance to Graduate
I remember a time when neighbors and communities would lock arms to tackle a cause. A time when young folks who didn’t always have the

Small Business, Big Change
It is the season of giving and small businesses around Anchorage have gotten in the spirit for Lake Hood’s Community PLUS Schools Adventure Club. Alaska Escape Rooms, Get

The Power of Back on Track: Someone is There to Care
Ten hours a day, four days a week, Pedro Aviles makes his living by going the extra mile. It’s still a shorter trip than many

Complexity Demands Adaptive Leadership Strategies
In Anchorage, we all breathed a collective sigh of relief in August when the news media described the likely beginning of economic recovery. Job losses

All You Need is Love…And a Little Food
The sound of laughter floated down the hallway at Airport Heights Elementary. In the classroom kitchen, Community PLUS Schools students were participating in cooking club.

Nature Lights the Way, Nurture Tells the Story
What do a book a month and 1 million new neural connections per second have in common? They both propel a child toward high school

A Fighting Chance to Graduate
In 2005, the Anchorage High School graduation rate was 59 percent. Since then, the aim of 90% Graduation by 2020 has been to raise and sustain the

More Than Chalk
Last Friday was a great example of what it means to Live United. Students, public officials, parents, employees and teachers banded together to write messages

Chalk for Change
Coming from a single-parent home in Anchorage and having three siblings in school at the same time, I remember a handful of years when back

28 Reasons Why We Fight for 90% by 2020
Smiles, selfies and families standing shoulder to shoulder marked the Anchorage School District’s summer school graduation class of 41 students on Tuesday at East High

Math Is Hard – Stop Sending This Message To Our Kids!
“I’m just not good at math….” Common statement. Often with a giggle or a shrug. And, widely accepted. Well, stop it. Please. When our children