Posted by Zach Roberts on July 12, 2013 · 5 Comments
Malala Yousafzai, the girl who fought for education in Pakistan made famous by her diaries on BBC, spoke at the UN today less than a year after she was shot in the head by members of the Taliban. Her voice didn’t waver, it was strong and clear. Today is now Malala Day – it’s her 16th Birthday. [Friendly warning: I’m a grown man and I openly wept for 16 straight minutes while watching this… and am tearing up as I type this blog… you might want to schedule in some time to listen to it and really deal with it….
Category Headlines, International News, International Politics · Tags Education, guns, hero, malala, pakistan, taliban, terrorism, UN, united nations
Posted by Linda Kellen Biegel on February 8, 2012 · 22 Comments
by Linda Kellen Biegel 2010 Hanshew Middle School Band Not many people in political circles know that I credit music with saving my life. I started playing the piano when I was six-years-old. I often kicked and screamed about practicing, but my mother was determined and I continued through my entire school career. In sixth grade, I discovered the snare drum and concert band. I absolutely loved playing music with a group. That was around the time that I discovered that music was an escape from the insanity of my life at home. Unfortunately in high school, I discovered that…
Category Uncategorized · Tags Alaska Legislature, Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage School Board, Anchorage School District, Education, Governor Sean Parnell, HB171, Linda Kellen-Biegel, Mayor Dan Sullivan, Music, Music Education, Operating Budget
Posted by Jeanne Devon on June 8, 2011 · 77 Comments
…And Hardly Anybody Knows It Many of us have heard the stories: new Republican Governors and Tea Party majorities in state legislatures across the country have been targeting public employees and their salaries, pensions, health benefits, etc… Along with this, there has been a major push at another budget-cut target — public school systems. Public Education faces massive cuts in Texas ($4 bil), huge cuts in Wisconsin ($900 mil), more cuts in North Carolina, budget cuts and a removal of the school districts’ tax authority in Pennsylvania (inhibiting individual districts from raising property taxes), and a governor-declared “financial emergency” in…
Category Alaska, Alaska Legislature, Anchorage School Board, Anchorage School District, Education, Religion, Republicans, Strategery, Teabaggery, Uncategorized · Tags Alaska Constitution, Alaska Legislature, Alaska politics, Education, HB 145, Linda Kellen-Biegel, School "choice" (vouchers), Wes Keller
