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Education- Boarding School
1877- Rev. Sheldon Jackson established a mission in Wrangell. John Brady established boarding school in Sitka for Natives. -
Education
Alaska does not have a formal civil government and churches were providing education to the natives. -
Education and People- First Organic Act
brought civil government to Alaska and also provided for public education -
Education- Rev. Sheldon Jackson
Federal Education Agent for the next 20 years. -
Education- School Boards
Local school boards are established -
Education- Government Schools
By 1892, 17 government-supported schools operated. There were schools for non-Natives at Sitka, Juneau, and Douglas. Churches operated another 14 schools. -
Land-Mount Katmai
On June 6, 1912 Alaska's most devastating eruption happened on the Alaska Peninsula. The blast was heard 750 miles away in Juneau and the fumes reached south to Vancouver, British Columbia. -
Education- Territorial Board
In 1915, a Territorial Board of Education, composed of the governor and four senators, one from each judicial division, was created. They became responsible for the education of non-Natives in Alaska. The board appointed the first territorial commissioner of education, Lester D. Henderson, in 1917. -
Education- Formation of AK Education Assoc. and the National Educ. Assoc.
Henderson organized a two-week annual teachers institute that was held from 1917 to 1925. The second year of the institute the teachers formed the Alaska Education Association. In 1930, the organization affiliated with the National Education Association. -
Land -Alaska becomes a state
Alaska became the 49th state -
Land- Earthquake hits Alaska
The earthquake was a 9.2 on the Richter scale that lasted over 4 minutes. This earthquake is still considered one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in North American History and the second in World History. -
Education- The Molly Hootch Case or the Tobeluk v. Lind case
Several students and villages in western Alaska brought suit against the state's educational policies and called for creation of K-12 educational opportunities in any community with 10 or more students. Settled out of court in 1976. This positively impacted students in rural Alaska. -
People- Trans-Alaska Pipeline
July 28, 1977 the first barrel of oil was delivered. Changing the lives of Alaskans forever. -
People- Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
Created to ensure that northern Alaska Natives could continue to hunt whales for subsistence -
People and Land- Subsistence Law
Congress passes the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which protects the subsistence needs of rural Alaskans. -
People- Alaska Permanent Fund
The nations' largest trust. The fund began paying an annual dividend of $1,000 to each Alaska resident six months of age and older -
Education- Alaska Standards
Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools adopted. -
Education - State Board adopts more detailed content standards
Standards written for reading, writing, and math created -
Education- State Board adopts Grade Level Expectations
Grade level expectations define standards by grade level. New assessments are called Standard Base Assessments given to students in grades 3-10.