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The Kachemak Selo School serves 39 students in grades K-12 in a roadless and remote village established by Russian Old Believers, a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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An Alaskan Village's Long Wait for a New School
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Joshua Gill, director of personnel and student services for Lower Kuskokwim schools in Alaska, recruits teachers at a job fair in Homestead, Pa.
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A Perennial Challenge in Rural Alaska: Getting and Keeping Teachers
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September 10, 2019
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The East Anchorage High and Scammon Bay students gather at a home in the Native Village to learn how to comb fur from a musk ox hide using special combs and common forks. The fur can later be spun into yarn.
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On the Snowy Tundra, Alaska Students Bridge Differences and Eat Moose Snout
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The remote Alaska town of Glennallen, 180 miles northeast of Anchorage, is home to 500 people. The local school’s graduating class numbered 14 this year.
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Gifted Students 'Make the Most' of School in Alaska
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