Gov. Dunleavy: Alaska’s Traditional Public Schools Are Failing Too Many of Our Children

Gov. Dunleavy: Alaska’s traditional public schools are failing too many of our children

By the time kids reach high school, virtually ALL of them have smartphones. And they spend most of their waking lives on their smartphones. It has made most of them far more narcissistic and self-important than they have any right to be. They all want to be “influencers.” Ask them what they want to be in 30 years, and most of them envision some kind of celebrity status. I don’t blame public schools for this.

New developmental vulnerability report shows we are failing our children

A forum brought together the community services sector to push for real change in the childhood developmental vulnerability and poverty space. Photo: Child First Forum report. The number of developmentally vulnerable children in Canberra has risen as a new movement is pushing both the ACT and Federal governments to do more around enforcing action and being accountable for what’s going wrong. The 2024 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) ha…