American education is pretty much unique in the industrialized world as we attempt to teach all subjects to all students as if they were all going to a university.  Other developed nations in Asia and Europe offer different tracks after a student turns 15 or 16.  Based on either aptitude assessment and/or personal interest students attend academic or vocationally oriented classes that prepare them for their careers.  I would think that this approach would certainly be appropriate for Alaska.  Why teach trigonometry to a student who wants to be a fisherman?  Why teach Shakespeare to a student who study nursing?  General education should be covered by the time a student finishes the 10th grade, and then let them specialize as they prepare for adulthood.