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| Title | "Native Language Programs Running Afoul of No Child Left Behind" |
| Body | From: Scott_G_McGINNIS@umail.umd.edu (sm167) Some western Alaska schools that for decades have taught and helped preserve the Native Yupik language are in a quandary over meeting new testing requirements under No Child Left Behind. Third-grade children taught almost exclusively in the Yupik language may be required to pass federal tests written in English. In Alaska, where Natives speak 20 aboriginal languages and dialects, meeting a uniform federal law could ultimately be too expensive, conflict with Native cultural traditions, as well as the local control that the rural villages treasure. Read these news stories: http://www.ecs.org/ecs/e-clips |
| Source | FAIRBANKS DAILY NEWS-MINER |
| Inputdate | 2004-02-06 12:08:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2004-02-06 12:08:00 |
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