I heard that Houston, the coastal Texas city flooded by hurricane Harvey, is the most diverse city in the US. Their  cooperation assisting each other when the chips are down is admirable.  Anchorage must be nearly as diverse..   There are new challenges that didn`t exist , from what I recall as a grade school kid in the fifties to the extent they do now.  Spanish or English were the two main taught languages then.  I heard the school districts here have to deal with almost 100 different languages spoken by Alaskan school children.  
Add the base costs, and the location premium, and the higher education costs pretty much add up. The question is do Alaskans want to start paying for it like other states and cities.  We`d better agree, because when we moved here we swore to uphold state laws. One of those state laws says all kids will be provided a basic education by the state, free. It`s time we bellied up to the bar and started paying our way. You listening Senator Kelly and company?