Last Call! Promoting Child Development over the Summer Months

DEED is offering five weekly seminars to discuss a child’s development in the months before kindergarten, and natural activities families may engage in with children to promote this development over the summer. … more

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Last Call! Our Cultural Landscape - Culturally Responsive Education Conference

Calling all K-12, university, and community educators to submit proposals to present at the 2020 Culturally Responsive Education virtual conference to be held August 6-8. Sealaska … more

On Thursday DEED released Alaska’s Smart Start 2020 – Restart and Reentry Framework Guidance for K-12 Schools.

Commissioner Johnson and Alaska’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink presented the information during the Alaska’s Smart Start 2020 webinar session. DEED … more

The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) is expecting to award $1,000,000 in federal (CARES) Act Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Funds (GEERF) in competitive grants. The funds are to support eligible education-related entities to create innovative … more

Yesterday the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED), in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), released the Alaska Smart Start 2020 framework guidance for the reentry and reopening of K-12 schools for the 2020-2021 … more

When school buildings closed to students in March, Harborview Elementary quickly shifted their instruction to distance delivery. Some grades were already utilizing online platforms in their classrooms, so they continued using those tools for an easier transition. Through … more

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Last Call! GripTape 2020 Learning Challenge

The GripTape Learning Challenge is a call to action to youth ages 15–19 years old to design, create, and execute their own learning journeys. Past participants have learned about rap communities, coding, fashion … more

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Last Call! Alaska State Council on the Arts Grants for Arts Education available for project support in 2020-21

The Round 1 Artists in Schools Residency Grant Program application deadline for the 2020-21 school year has been extended to May 31, 2020. The AIS … more