Jarath Kantor, 18, has been arrested and plead not guilty to charges of felony assault and evidence tampering. His arrest stems from a house party in June at which 20-year-old Mike Moschella was hit in the head with a metal rod, exposing brain matter. Kantor has been expelled from Anchorage School District.
OLYMPIA - When Mechele Linehan worked as a stripper in Anchorage, Alaska, in the mid-1990s, she juggled three fiances, including one who temporarily listed her as his beneficiary on a $1 million life insurance policy and wound up shot to death.
It s an issue that affects teachers, parents, children and taxpayers: that's an adequate education for all Alaska students. Some say it comes down to state officials not shelling out enough cash for schools. This debate is going on in Anchorage's superior court.
With three school attacks across the Lower 48 in the two weeks resulting in seven deaths, school districts across the nation are attempting to ready themselves for disaster scenarios. A 28-year-old contract worker from Anchorage was badly injured in the village of Teller Tuesday, after a 19-year-old student attacked him with a meat cleaver. Anchorage schools are preparing crisis plans.
Anchorage School District superintendent Carol Comeau spoke out against Bob Buch, a Democratic candidate for House District 27, who, in a televised political advertisement, uses a shotgun to address the issue of overcrowded schools. Buch said he used the shotgun as a symbol that he would “take aim” at the issue of class size. Several school shootings in the Lower 48 have heightened sensitivity to
The trial in Moore v. State of Alaska entered day two Tuesday. The non-jury trial will decide a lawsuit filed by parents, educators and three rural school districts against the state, alleging that the state does not adequately finance school districts to meet mandated academic requirements.
A lawyer said Monday the "tremendous disparity" between test scores of Alaska Natives and white students shows how the state is falling short of providing an adequate education required by ...
A lawyer Monday said the "tremendous disparity" between test scores of Alaska Natives and white students shows how the state is falling short of providing an adequate education required by the Alaska Constitution.
