Until this month, there was no measure by which its schools could gauge reading competency in Alaska's 23 officially-recognized Indigenous languages.
Twenty-three Alaska Native languages have been recognized alongside English as official Alaska state languages for a decade, but until this month there was no measure by which its schools could gauge reading competency in them.
Nancy Douglas, an educator and curriculum specialist with TIDES, said the standards honor Alaska Native ways of knowing within the state’s school system. “Schools have worked to strip Indigenous people of their cultures and languages, and so we have to use schools to be able to support bringing that back to children and families,” she said.
Education Alaska Native Languages Jamie Shanley Kristy Ford Language Revitalization Nancy Douglas Sealaska Heritage Institute Shgen George TIDES Education Associates
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