Welcome to the Association of Alaska School Boards’ podcast archive. Audio and video podcasts of progress reports, issue updates and other information of interest to school board members will be posted here as they become available. Check back to see what’s new!
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2006-03-22
AASB Legislative Update Audio Conference Executive Director Carl Rose provides school board members an update on AASB Legislative priorities, reviews the legislative context of bills that impact schools, and discusses advocacy efforts around specific priorities.
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2006-03-21
Consortium for Digital Learning Presentation (Video)
Executive Director Carl Rose briefed the House Special Committee on Education about the initiative to raise $15 million in federal, state and local funds as seed money for a Consortium for Digital Learning, an AASB-inspired initiative to provide laptop computers to Alaska's public school students.
Length: 52:30Extras:
- Read the AASB News Release about the Digital Learning Consortium presentation.
- Read the speech Carl Rose references in his presentation: Norman Augustine's remarks on 10/20/05 to the U.S. House Science Committee, titled Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.