Coalition for Education Equity

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Coalition for Education Equity The Coalition for Education Equity is a nonprofit organization, dedicated to ensuring all Alaska children have a meaningful opportunity to be educated.

Founded in 1996 as the Citizens for the Educational Advancement of Alaska’s Children (CEAAC), Coalition for Education Equity is a non-profit organization in Alaska focused on improving outcomes for at-risk students and struggling schools. Most known for our success in litigation and legislative activity, CEAAC advocated for education reform at the legislative level while also working for a decade to address school inadequacies in rural Alaska through the courts, fighting and successfully settling the Kasayulie and Moore lawsuits by January 2012. These lawsuits focused on remedying unfair distribution of both physical (school buildings) and educational resources, so that all Alaska youth are provided a constitutionally protected right to an adequate education in Alaska. Following these settlements, our organization’s mission began to shift to include the development of innovative opportunities for success in rural and underserved schools while still protecting gains made through litigation. In 2015, our name changed to Coalition for Education Equity to recognize this shift and to reflect our continuing role in advocating for equity and adequacy in education across Alaska. Today, Coalition for Education Equity uses research, policy development and advocacy to help solve school performance issues in rural and urban areas of Alaska. We provide scholarships to students of member districts from a $100,000 fund and hold $550,000 in reserves, providing stable, long-term project support. In 2013-14, we successfully led an initiative to establish Residential Learning Centers that support village high schools by offering courses for their students that they were unable to offer. Our Educator Quality and Quantity project is working with stakeholders across the state to increase the number of Alaska teachers and administrators, improve teacher preparation, and increase teacher retention. And our Ed Connector program, launched in 2015, was developed with superintendent input and guidance to expand school district administrative capacity and increase leadership collaboration. Now, with more than 400 users representing nearly all of our state’s 53 school districts, school leaders are sharing promising practices, tools and resources, and are able to dialogue/problem-solve with peers across the state.

10/16/2026
“The classroom is drowning.” —Renee Brown, 16.Water is a way of life in Alaska, but without robust state or federal aid ...
10/16/2026

“The classroom is drowning.” —Renee Brown, 16.
Water is a way of life in Alaska, but without robust state or federal aid to maintain school buildings, mold has taken on a life of its own in the classroom.
To learn more, check out ’s new report: Learning Among the Elements! Read more at the link in our bio.🔗

Art by Renee Brown

10/06/2026
SGO's are being created to collect qualified tax credits from individuals for the purpose of granting scholarships to sc...
10/06/2026

SGO's are being created to collect qualified tax credits from individuals for the purpose of granting scholarships to school age children. Public Schools don't charge tuition, so guess where the bulk of those PUBLIC funds will go?

10/06/2026
Who wins when state and federal officials refuse to maintain school buildings? Wall Street. In an effort to pay for expe...
09/26/2026

Who wins when state and federal officials refuse to maintain school buildings? Wall Street.

In an effort to pay for expensive, unpredictable repairs, school districts are turning to the municipal bond market on Wall Street, leaving them drowning in debt and fees that can feel impossible to pay off. The result? A toxic cycle of debt where investors win and students lose.

To learn more, check out ’s new report: Learning Among the Elements. Read more at the link in our bio.🔗

Art by Shauda Islam & Shadiya

“They had to evacuate the school because part of the ceiling fell on top of my classroom.” – Génesis, 17. Almost a decad...
09/17/2026

“They had to evacuate the school because part of the ceiling fell on top of my classroom.” – Génesis, 17. Almost a decade after Hurricane Maria, students are still living and learning with the consequences.

To learn more, check out ’s new report: Learning Among the Elements! Read more at the link in our bio.🔗

Art by Jaisery & Shauda Islam

Floods, extreme heat, hurricane debris, mold. Students are learning in buildings that cannot keep them sheltered from th...
09/16/2026

Floods, extreme heat, hurricane debris, mold. Students are learning in buildings that cannot keep them sheltered from the elements. Read more at the link in our bio.🔗

Art by Jaisery
Report:

Fainting from heat. Flooded classrooms. Black mold in the library. Too many students are learning in buildings that blur...
09/15/2026

Fainting from heat. Flooded classrooms. Black mold in the library. Too many students are learning in buildings that blur the line between indoors and outdoors.

That’s why created LEARNING AMONG THE ELEMENTS. This new report, crafted with nearly 20 middle and high school students from around the country (including from Nome, Alaska!), details what happens when climate change collides with outdated school infrastructure. Read more at the link in our bio!🔗

Cover art by Shauda Islam ()

Thank you to the Education and Finance Committees in both chambers that worked to get this funding passed. One time fund...
09/01/2026

Thank you to the Education and Finance Committees in both chambers that worked to get this funding passed.

One time funding this late in the year helps with some bills, yet does not allow for the rehiring of teachers that were cut due to a teacher shortage crisis. Teachers have found employment in other states.

Quote from my neighbor, a middle school teacher: “I’m not sure how much longer I can stay, and I’m so tired of saying goodbye to longstanding colleagues who continue to leave Alaska for a pension and better pay”

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PO Box 90791
Anchorage, AK
99509

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