How the Education Department helps students with disabilities get an education

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

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‘Schools have been waiting’: Alaska House passes public school funding boost

The bill’s sponsor called it a “wonderful compromise.” It boosts the largest part of the state’s public school funding formula by $1,000.

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Does Your Local Museum or University Still Have Native American Remains?

Use this database to find out where Native American remains were taken from and which institutions report still having them. Check on institutions near you.

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In Unalaska, citizen scientists help document largest single-species wildlife die-off ever recorded

The murre die-off might have gone unexplained if it weren't for decades of observations from researchers and citizen scientists.

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Trapped in a Social Safety Net : Up First from NPR

In 1972, the federal government launched a program to support the poorest disabled and elderly Americans. Supplemental Security Income, run by the Social Security Administration, provides monthly checks that are a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable people in this country.SSI was intended to serve as a powerful safety net and a tool for fighting poverty. But a recent NPR Investigation led by correspondent Joseph Shapiro has discovered a very different reality today.In today's episode of The Sunday Story, Shapiro explains how SSI's outdated rules have made the system difficult to run and almost impossible for its beneficiaries to navigate. Impoverished disabled and elderly people say they have been penalized for trying to improve their lives—for saving money, getting married, and even daring to have careers.

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Scientists keep a watch on a series of earthquakes in western Aleutians

A swarm of earthquakes and aftershocks shook Alaska's western Aleutian Islands on Sunday. Scientists at the Alaska Earthquake Center are monitoring an unusually high number of moderate earthquakes nea...

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‘Felt like a unicorn was going to walk out of the valley’ Qawalangin liaison documents research trip to Attu

In this episode of "Island Interviews," Wolfang Matilda Tutiakoff shared with KUCB's Kanesia McGlashan-Price what researchers discovered underwater near Attu Island and their personal journey during t...

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For the first time, women will outnumber men in the Alaska House next year

There will be 21 women in the state House, according to unofficial election results. 43% of the Legislature will be women, a record high.

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$20M expansion aims to address Unalaska’s emergency care funding challenges

Unalaska's community health center is preparing to start construction on an expansion that could help secure emergency care funding.

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Confused about vitamins and supplements? Unalaska health care provider sorts fact from fiction

In this episode of "Island Interviews," Iliuliuk Family and Health Services nurse practitioner Greg Walter shares evidence-based insights about common supplements.

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Biden administration gives support to controversial land trade in Alaska wildlife refuge • Alaska Beacon

The swap would allow a road to be built through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a plan pitting safey claims against environmental concerns.

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