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Jester, Timothy E. – Journal of American Indian Education, 2002
A qualitative study examined a rural Alaskan school district's standards-based reform in the sociohistorical context of Alaska Native education. Observations and interviews with 32 district staff members indicate that the district had recast the historical "civilization-savagism" paradigm as an "unhealthy Native" construct to…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education