ANSEP students go from eight grade to a STEM BS degree in five years. This video highlights the details of ANSEP’s success with online education during COVID. Beginning in March 2020, ANSEP shifted to completely virtual instruction and the ANSEP staff and partners have worked together to create an effective model for distance education. ANSEP’s […]
A huge congratulations to ANSEP student Michael Martinez’s biotech startup company, Arctic Biotech Oath, for winning first place at the international High North Dialogue, High North Young Entrepreneur business competition! Arctic Biotech Oath provides green bio-mining extraction and recovery of rare earth elements in the circumpolar northern countries, in contrast to traditional methods that largely […]
The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program works with students starting in Kindergarten and every year after to the PhD level. ANSEP students go from the end of eighth grade to completing a STEM BS degree in just 5 years! Our education model saves the state of Alaska $40,000 with each ANSEP student and saves […]
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Every school system wants to see its students succeed. So when Alaska educators see the state rank low in math and reading proficiency, or learn that a high proportion of Alaska high school graduates require remedial coursework in college, it stings. It’s a “many-faceted quagmire,” said Deputy Commissioner of Education and Early Development Karen Melin, but it’s not insurmountable. […]
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The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program works with students starting in Kindergarten and every year after to the PhD level. ANSEP students go from the end of eighth grade to completing a STEM BS degree in just 5 years! Our education model saves the state of Alaska $40,000 with each ANSEP student and saves […]
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How do you get students engaged when you can’t get them together in person? How do you stay on top of schoolwork when your schedule has been turned upside-down? What can you do to build community in a classroom that only exists online? This year’s pivot to remote learning has raised these questions and more […]
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Like lots of kindergarteners, Debra Lane-Hayes had a big idea about what she wanted to be when she grew up: a dentist. Now 16 years old, Lane-Hayes still has the same dream — and she’s on pace to achieve it years ahead of schedule. Not even old enough to see an R-rated movie, last spring […]
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