In isolated, rural school districts, hiring teachers is only half the battle – keeping them is hard too. One Alaska program has a research-backed approach to helping teachers stick with it.

Teacher retention and recruitment is difficult and some schools make use of J-1 Visas to recruit teachers from outside the U.S. In one rural school district in Alaska, foreign teachers make up ...

Preliminary data from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development shows Alaska students from kindergarten to third grade showed overall improvement in reading proficiency last year.

Alaska is struggling to recruit teachers - and in an attempt to fill vacancies school authorities are making an online pitch for new staff. In the past, Alaska has lured teachers northwards with ...

Debate over school funding is dominating the Alaska Legislature as districts faces teacher shortages and, in some cases, multimillion-dollar deficits.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health officials say they are considering bumping up teachers on the state's vaccine list as more students have restarted in-person instruction. Tessa Walker ...

The policy would allow teachers interested in Alaska careers to be compensated for their previous experience at the discretion of the school district.

While Abrre previously believed Alaska was an island, she insisted that she knew it was not located in the Pacific Ocean, as Hawaii is. “I know that Alaska is cold,” she stated.

Alaska's rural school districts see higher teacher turnover rate and have a tough time keeping teachers.

But Alaska is the only U.S. state that does not offer teachers a pension, and researchers say teacher pay and benefits have not kept up with other states. Hughes has bought a house in Ohio and he ...