The Exchange for Oct. 8 is over. Our discussion ranged from the importance of student confidence and family involvement to the value of culturally relevant curricula in classrooms around the Bering Strait.
Thank you to our guests — Barb Amarok, Luisa Machuca, Tyler Rhodes, Marie Tozier, and Tom Okleasik from the Norton Sound Education Work Group.
Our callers included Marjorie in Nome, who discussed the damaging effects of schools in the past as well as how we can overcome those traumas today; Roger in White Mountain, who asked how schools around the region can work together to improve education; Carrie in Nome, who asked how outsiders to the community can help while respecting cultural relevancy; and Jake in Nome, who shared some examples of local student success. We also received a comment from Austin in Nome who asked why cultural relevancy isn’t more of a priority in our schools today.
On this week’s KNOM Exchange, we’re talking about education in our region: specifically, what’s being taught in the classroom and who’s teaching it.
Join us this Thursday, October 8, to discuss:
- How should schools incorporate cultural relevancy into the classroom?
- Why is it important to have teachers from our region working in our schools?
- How does early childhood education prepare students for success in school and beyond?
- How can we improve education in our region?
- What concerns do you have about your community’s schools and the education our youth receive?
We’ll have guests Barb Amarok, Luisa Machuca, Tyler Rhodes, and Tom Okleasik from the Norton Sound Education Work Group.
Tune in on Thursday, October 8 at 10 am.
