Education

District officials first proposed eliminating more than a dozen teaching and administrative positions and slashing travel and professional development for staff. They also decided to forgo new software and supplies.

Principal Faith Jurs says all grade levels will see a boost in Iñupiaq content under the new curriculum.

For one Iñupiaq woman, hearing the words doctor next to her name was emotional: Her response to passing her dissertation defense went viral this month after hundreds of thousands of people watched her reaction.

Wilfried Kuugauraq Zibell said he applied for the Rhodes Scholarship because he wanted to continue his studies of cultural displacement and efforts to revitalize culture.

The lawsuit says students in Nuiqsut made racist threats in a classroom setting in 2017, and students were not appropriately disciplined.

Kaktovik’s mayor says the first priority is restoring a sense of normalcy for the students as they resume classes. The community plans to rebuild the school, but the timeline is still unknown.

Each batch of students had one question to ask. School Board president Margaret Hansen says the district staff helped students with forming their questions, but the ideas were driven by the students themselves.