Encouraging rural Alaska’s students to become teachers
Clip: 11/13/2014 | 8m 34s
Encouraging rural Alaska’s students to become teachers
In Alaska, roughly three out of four teachers are from out of state, and more likely to stay for a shorter period of time than those who were born and raised there. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports from the town of Dillingham, where educators are trying to encourage local and Alaska Native students to consider teaching in communities where they are desperately needed.
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Encouraging rural Alaska’s students to become teachers
Clip: 11/13/2014 | 8m 34s
In Alaska, roughly three out of four teachers are from out of state, and more likely to stay for a shorter period of time than those who were born and raised there. The NewsHour’s April Brown reports from the town of Dillingham, where educators are trying to encourage local and Alaska Native students to consider teaching in communities where they are desperately needed.
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