This newscast

  • State education officials have said that the Juneau School District is able to hold more than $2 million of extra funding that it received through the municipal. A possible change to the state’s code of conduct could limit the ways Juneau pays for costs outside of the classroom.
  • Alaska is a big spender of money in education – about 40 percent more than the national average for students. However, the research done at the U. of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research indicates that this amount doesn’t reflect the full picture.
  • Researchers received nearly $2 million to determine whether marine algae located in Southeast Alaska is absorbing rare earth elements