Four-hundred Alaskans will convene in Anchorage in November to draft a statewide education plan aimed at improving success rates for Alaska’s students at all education levels – early childhood, elementary, high school, technical training centers, college or continuing education, Alaska Education Commissioner Larry LeDoux said last week. The statewide education summit, dubbed “Building Alaska’s Future One Student at a Time,” is sponsored by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development in partnership with the University of Alaska System and school districts across the state. The summit will tie together the successful education programs that already exist throughout Alaska and recommend improvements where needed. In addition, summit participants will define broadly what every Alaska high school graduate should know and be able to do to successfully enter the workforce or go on for additional education. “Alaska educators and students have worked hard in the past decade to improve achievement in reading, writing and math, and we are not backing away from this essential task,” LeDoux said. “But now we must broaden our vision for education. What must Alaskans do to have world-class schools with world-class students who are ready for work or ready for college or technical training? What will it take to have a seamless transition for students from preschool through high school and beyond? Without the answers to these questions, we ...
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