Going 'old school': How one rural Alaska community is keeping students engaged during quarantine
Presented by Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Every day at 2 p.m., New Stuyahok’s sole math teacher, Joshua Gates, gets on a VHF radio that broadcasts throughout the Southwest Alaska village and sends a message to the community. Gates shares a “math minute” -- 10 math questions -- a challenge for both students and parents. Then he shares the answers, and if students got them right, they are entered in a drawing to win a half pint of his homemade smoked salmon. Gates’ ingenuity is just one example of how educators in New Stuyahok are getting creative to keep students engaged w...
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