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Atlantic Article - "In Remote Alaskan Villages, Teachers Struggle to Make School Meaningful"
from Alaska Native Knowledge Network - Thursday, 28 February 2013, 01:24 pm
 
Atlantic Article - "In Remote Alaskan Villages, Teachers Struggle to Make School Meaningful"

Excerpt: "Small communities in Alaska didn't have high schools until the 1980s, so children who wanted a diploma had to attend boarding school, where instruction took place in English. 'What if beings from another planet came to the U.S. and we had to immediately learn their language and we had to be just like them?' said Barbara Amarok, a former schoolteacher who works for the University of Alaska-Fairbanks organizing cultural training for new teachers. 'That's exactly what happened here.' As a result, many parents and grandparents feel alienated and even hostile toward public schools."

For the full article, please visit:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/in-remote-alaskan-villages-teachers-struggle-to-make-school-meaningful/273596/?single_page=true

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