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A Perennial Challenge in Rural Alaska: Getting and Keeping Teachers
Recruiters already are offering bonuses, free housing, and airfare to entice teachers to their remote districts—and the competition is about to get worse.
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Letters From Alaska
When it comes to education, the 49th state faces its own challenges, some of which are unique to Alaska and some that it shares with other rural states. This series explores how cultural and geographic barriers, teacher shortages, historical developments, and more have shaped schooling in Alaska.
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Troubleshooting Tech Realities in Rural Schools
Internet connectivity, recruiting staff, and finding partners to learn from are all big challenges for an ed-tech leader in a district off the coast of Alaska.
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An Alaskan Village's Long Wait for a New School
Rural schools everywhere struggle to maintain adequate buildings, but the quest for a new school has been especially long and fraught for this remote Old Believer village.
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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Alaska
This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
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François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, King of Rome, as a boy. Engraving by W. Bromley, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence.
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François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, King of Rome, as a boy. Engraving by W. Bromley, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence.
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Belisarius begging for alms. Engraving by G. Scotin after J. Goupy after L. Borzone.
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Cupid learning to read the letters of the alphabet. Engraving after A. Allegri, il Corrreggio.
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Cinderella seated by the fire, attended by a white cat. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds the younger, 1837, after S.W. Reynolds.
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A rich man and a woman who has visited him for tea gossip about an impoverished gentleman's daughter who is present in his house as a governess: the visitor looks at the governess with a supercilious expression. Engraving by R. Hatfield, 1842, after R
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Death, wearing a crown and accompanied by monsters, rides a white horse that tramples on men, women and children. Etching by J. Haynes, 1784, after J.H. Mortimer.
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King Henri IV after his assassination is taken up to Olympus and received by the gods; France awards the regency to his widow Marie de' Medici. Engraving by G. Duchange, 1708, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.
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A council of the Olympian gods provides for good government of France under the regency of Marie de' Medici. Engraving by B. Picart, 1707, after J.M. Nattier after Sir P.P. Rubens.
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Constantia is reunited with her father, the emperor Tiberius II Constantinus, and given as bride to Ælla, king of Northumbria. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1799, after J.F. Rigaud.
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Cybele, accompanied by Bacchus and Ceres, is carried on a chariot drawn by lions, surrounded by ancillary deities and followers; representing the element earth. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1721, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
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Weaving, ceramic manufactures, clothing and coiffure displayed through personifications as industrial arts applied to peace. Process print after C. Brown after F. Leighton.
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Oedipus at Colonus: the blind Oedipus, attended by Antigone, is visited by Ismene and by Polynices. Engraving by A.A. Morel after A. Giroust.
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Heads of figures in Raphael's painting of the Transfiguration of Christ. Stipple engravings by J. Godby after I.L. Goubaud after Raphael.
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The death of Saint Peter Martyr. Etching by V. Lefebvre, ca. 1682, after Titian.
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The works of that famous chirurgeon Ambrose Parey / translated out of Latin ; and compared with the French, by Th. Johnson ; together with three tractates concerning the veins, arteries, and nerves: exemplified with large anatomical figures. Translated
London : Printed by Mary Clark, and are to be sold by John Clark, at Mercers Chappel at the Lower End of Cheapside, MDCLXXVIII. [1678]
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Observationes et historiae omnes & singulae è Guiljelmi Harvei libello De generatione animalium excerptae ... : Item Wilhelmi Langly De generatione animalium observationes quaedam. Accedunt Ovi faecundi singulis ab incubatione diebus factae inspe
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Les oeuures du R. P. Gabriel de Castaigne, tant medicinales que chymiques, : diuisées en quatre principaux traitez. I. Le paradis terrestre. II. Le grand miracle de la nature metallique. III. L'or potable. IV. Le thresor philosophique de la medec
A Paris : Chez Iean Dhourry, au bout du Pont-Neuf, près les Augustins, à l'Image S. Iean, M. DC. LXI. [1661]
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A new orchard, and garden: or, the best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard: : particularly in the north and generally for the whole common-wealth as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth a
London : printed by W. Wilson, for E. Brewster, and George Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, neere Fleet-bridge, 1653.
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A woman personifying friendship weeps before the bust of Giovanni Volpato. Engraving by P. Fontana, ca. 1807, after A. Canova.
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The head of Lucretia. Etching by P. Fidanza, 1785, after G. Cagnacci.
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The prophet Ezekiel. Engraving by Michele Lucchese, 15--, after Michelangelo.
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The last judgment. Etching by D. Cunego, 1780, after Michelangelo.
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A man, a woman, and two children; representing Isaiah. Engraving by P. Savorelli, 1805, after Michelangelo.
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Saint Matthew. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1707, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
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Fortitude with her attributes. Engraving by J. Frey, 1725, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
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Justice with her attributes. Engraving by J. Frey, 1725, after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
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Poligny (Jura), France: an ancient mosaic floor at the villa of Estavage (Chambrettes), including figures of gryphons and centaurs. Line engraving.
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Allegory of etching: a sphinx with the tail of a scorpion scratches an etching plate with her claws. Etching and letterpress by F. Rops, 1875.
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The empress Zenobia is brought as a prisoner before the Roman emperor Aurelian. Photograph after J. van Egmont.
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The drunken Hercules. Photograph by J. Mudd after E.J. Hähnel.
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Leopoldine Esterházy von Galántha, subsequently Prinzessin von Liechtenstein. Engraving by A. Bertini after G. Tognoli after A. Canova.
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Allegorical tomb of Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, in the form of a pyramid into which sculpted mourners carry her urn. Engraving by P. Bonato, 1805, after D. Del Frate after A. Canova.
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Angels on clouds, seen from below. Etching by G.B. Vanni, 1642, after A. Correggio.
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The three Graces, seen from behind and from the side. Engraving by D. Marchetti after G. Tognoli after A. Canova.
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