Shell grant supports Alaska Native teacher program.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: EDUCATION

Shell Exploration & Production Co. donated $705,000 to Avant-Garde Learning Foundation to begin a performance-based teacher preparation and retention program for Alaska Native teachers statewide. Shirley Holloway, who was commissioner of the State Department of Education and Early Development, is president and chief executive of the Anchorage-based company, which she started in 2005. The program is a collaborative effort between five school districts: North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Aleutians East Borough, Lake and...