UAF lands grant to help desigh Yupik language lessons (fwd link)

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UAF lands grant to help desigh Yupik language lessons

By Jeff Richardson
Originally published Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 12:00 a.m.

FAIRBANKS — The University of Alaska Fairbanks has landed a $1.7 million federal
grant to help design Yupik-language lessons for schools in southwest Alaska.

The U.S. Department of Education is supplying the three-year grant, which will
pay for the work of 12 teachers, eight aides and classroom materials that
include laptops, software and other equipment. Schools in the Lower Kuskokwim
School District and Lower Yukon School District are working with UAF on the
project.

Schools in communities such as Bethel, Kwethluk, Hooper Bay and Toksook Bay have
immersion programs for elementary school students in the indigenous Yupik
language. But that comes with a problem — there just aren’t many educational
products available for such a curriculum.

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