By DAVID BOYLE Alaskans know that our public schools are failing our students in the basics of reading, writing, and mathematics. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, Alaska is dead last in 4th grade reading, the metric used to determine future student success. Nor do students do well on the Alaska PEAKS exam, a … Continue reading School industry will again ask for more money for ever-failing schools, and will not hold itself accountable for poor outcomes