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1877- Rev. Sheldon Jackson established a mission in Wrangell. John Brady established boarding school in Sitka for Natives.
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Alaska does not have a formal civil government and churches were providing education to the natives.
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brought civil government to Alaska and also provided for public education
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Federal Education Agent for the next 20 years.
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Local school boards are established
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By 1892, 17 government-supported schools operated. There were schools for non-Natives at Sitka, Juneau, and Douglas. Churches operated another 14 schools.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Alaska became the 49th state
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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.
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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.
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July 28, 1977 the first barrel of oil was delivered. Changing the lives of Alaskans forever.
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Created to ensure that northern Alaska Natives could continue to hunt whales for subsistence
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Congress passes the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), which protects the subsistence needs of rural Alaskans.
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The nations' largest trust. The fund began paying an annual dividend of $1,000 to each Alaska resident six months of age and older
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Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools adopted.
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Standards written for reading, writing, and math created
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Grade level expectations define standards by grade level. New assessments are called Standard Base Assessments given to students in grades 3-10.