The goal of the curriculum change is to provide more opportunities that can be directly applicable to their future careers, administrators say.
Anchorage School District superintendent Jharrett Bryantt speaks at an Academies of Anchorage community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023 at the Alaska Airlines Center on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus. ASD is seeking community input as it implements high school career 'academies' for students beginning next fall.
District officials said they are also still working out the other logistics of how the academy elective will work, but that it will likely include a mix of internships and apprenticeships with local businesses, certifications and college courses.
This month, the district received a $15 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help with the new initiative, which In recent years, the school district has seen a drop in attendance, which Johnson attributes partially to students or families perhaps not seeing the usefulness of a high school education.Jenna Wright, president of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, said she believes as part of the new model, students will “be motivated to stay here in Anchorage because they see a brighter future for themselves in a career that they’ve already been introduced to.
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