Emily Schwing
Stories
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Alaska wants financially strained districts to take ownership of rural schools
Alaska owns dozens of crumbling rural schools. But now it wants cash-strapped districts to take on ownership of those buildings in exchange for funding to fix them.
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Alaska's fiscal crisis hurting its public school system
With oil prices and production down, Alaska's fiscal crisis has impacted its public school system, and there's not enough money in state coffers to fix crumbling buildings.
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Rural Alaskan schools are crumbling as the state fails to provide funding to fix them
Rural schools in Alaska are plagued with health and safety issues. The state has failed for nearly two decades to provide the funding needed to fix them, despite repeated requests.