“The goal is really to increase their job satisfaction,” said Frommherz, who directs SHI’s education program. “It’s going to be some professional development with this anchor goal of indigenizing education.”

Alaska Native nonprofit launches program to support Alaska Native teachers #ClaireStremple for the #AlaskaBeacon

https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/alaska-native-nonprofit-organization-launches-program-to-support-alaska-native-teachers/

"In Alaska, only a third of children meet the state’s goals to be ready for kindergarten. But the state’s share of funding for Head Start, a mostly federally funded child care and health program that promotes school readiness specifically for low-income families, is lower than it was a decade a ago."

#ClaireStremple for the #AlaskaBeacon #Akleg #Alaska #HeadStart

https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/07/03/dunleavy-veto-reduces-head-start-funds-as-programs-struggle-to-pay-teachers-serve-children-in-need/

"When a canoe, called a yaakw in Tlingit, first enters the water and takes its name, it becomes at.óow, a sacred object. The students’ canoe is the first of its kind to be built and launched in Angoon since the U.S. Navy shelled the village and destroyed its war canoes and winter stores in 1882. The U.S. Navy has never formally apologized."

From #ClaireStremple with the #AlaskaBeacon

https://alaskabeacon.com/2023/06/24/angoon-students-name-launch-first-dugout-canoe-since-1882-bombardment/