Climate change is straining Alaska’s Arctic. A new mining road may push the region past the brink

In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change.
Hoodline

Aldine School Overhaul Kicks Off With Twin North Houston Campuses

District officials and community members turned out for a ceremonial groundbreaking this week, marking the start of construction work on both the Lane School site and the Aldine Middle campus, ...
KETK.com

West Rusk CCISD breaks ground on new $23M elementary school

West Rusk CCISD has officially broken ground on a new elementary school, funded by a $23 million bond approved by voters in ...
dailyyonder.com

Alaska Owns Dozens of Deteriorating Schools. Now It Wants Under-Resourced Districts to Take Them On.

This story was originally published by ProPublica in collaboration with Anchorage Daily News, KYUK, and NPR’s Station Investigations Team. For more than a decade, the Kuspuk School District asked ...
WTSP

Dozens of Tampa Bay-area schools flagged under Florida’s expanded 'Schools of Hope' law

TAMPA, Fla. — A wave of formal notices landed across Tampa Bay school districts this week — and district leaders say the impact is both significant and uncertain. Under Florida’s newly expanded ...
WPXI

3 elementary schools to close as part of new construction project at local district

ELIZABETH TOWNSHIP — Some major changes are coming to a local school district. Elizabeth Forward’s School Board voted Wednesday with “Phase 2” of the high school construction project. The decision is ...
NOLA.com

Which Louisiana schools would get lower grades under new rating system? Search here.

It's report card day for Louisiana schools and many have reason to celebrate. Statewide, 44% of elementary and middle schools and 70% of high schools earned an A or B based on academic results from ...
Willamette Week

Texas Construction Firm Wins PPS Bond Management Bid

Texas-based construction firm Procedeo has won the contract to manage the largest school bond in Portland history. Portland Public Schools announced the selection Nov. 18. If the Portland School Board ...
Alaska Link

Fire engulfs under-construction Hillside home in Anchorage, dogs rescued

In Anchorage, investigators are working to determine what sparked a fire at a home on the Hillside Tuesday night. When firefighters arrived, they found flames shooting through the roof of a house that ...
People

Mom Stunned by Daughter's School Pictures, Says the 10-Year-Old Asked Photographer If She Could 'Try Her Own Pose' (Exclusive)

A mother of two was well aware of her daughter’s signature pose, but never expected to see it featured in her school photo Tereza Shkurtaj is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working for ...
WUNC

Alaska owns dozens of crumbling schools. It wants underfunded districts to take them on

For more than a decade, the Kuspuk School District asked Alaska's education department for the money to fix a rotting elementary school. The school, in the small and predominantly Indigenous community ...