Awards to help Alaska natives in teacher training, tutoring, literacy, school construction
| FOR RELEASE: August 23, 2006 |
Contact: David Thomas (202) 401-1576 |
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the award of $16.7 million in grants to 32 Alaska organizations to help them support the unique educational needs of Alaska Native children and adults.
The three-year grants will support a wide range of innovative projects—from family literacy and home-based tutoring to dropout prevention and teacher training—designed to benefit Alaska native populations through enhanced teaching and learning opportunities.
"As we draw closer to our goal of every child reading and doing math at grade level by 2014, it is all the more important that we have highly qualified teachers and tutoring opportunities for our students. This program is a great enhancement to our efforts to increase the educational opportunities for all of our students," Spellings said. "Not only will these grants help develop and operate schools in rural Alaska, they also will help people prepare for meaningful employment and enhance their careers."
Awards under the Alaska Native Education Program ranged from $100,000 to about $975,000; with the average grant about $503,000. The program received more than 80 applications from organizations throughout Alaska. Eligible applicants included Alaska Native organizations; educational entities with experience in developing or operating Alaska Native programs or programs of instruction conducted in Alaska Native languages; cultural and community-based organizations with experience in developing or operating programs to benefit Alaska Natives; and related consortia of organizations and entities created to carry out activities to help Alaska Natives.
The list of grantees and their awards follows:
| University of Alaska Fairbanks—School of Education Math in a Cultural Context | $850,528 |
| City of Borough of Juneau School Dist—US Dept of Ed OESE Alaska Native ED | $592,755 |
| Craig City School District | $700,000 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage—Center for Human Development College Health Social Welfare | $145,315 |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks—Geophysical Institute | $594,850 |
| Kake City School District | $448,817 |
| Lower Kuskokwim School District | $494,624 |
| Yuut Elitnaurviat Inc. | $649,627 |
| Association of Interior Native Educators | $376,550 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage—School of Nursing Health & Social Welfare | $332,991 |
| Yukon-Kuskokwin Health Corporation—Behavioral Health Service | $700,000 |
| Dillingham City School District | $543,603 |
| Yuut Elitnauviat Inc. | $182,339 |
| Sitka Tribe of Alaska—Education & Training | $684,821 |
| Bering Strait School District—Educational Support | $395,352 |
| Mt. Sanford Tribal Consortium | $668,662 |
| Northern Industrial Training, LLC Admissions | $691,104 |
| Kenaitze Indian Tribe—Cultural and Education Cuya Qyut'anen Head Start | $221,374 |
| Iditarod Area School District—Iditarod Area School District | $682,218 |
| Yukon Flats School District | $478,688 |
| University of Alaska—Office of Academic Affairs K12 Outreach | $557,602 |
| Hoonah City School District | $358,059 |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center | $541,279 |
| Nenana City Public School | $509,326 |
| Southeast Regional Resource Center, Inc. | $603,107 |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District | $342,062 |
| North Slope Borough School District | $585,310 |
| Early Childhood Leadership Team, Inc. | $699,873 |
| Chikat Indian Village | $201,703 |
| Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc | $975,539 |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks—Linguistics College of Liberal Arts | $426,693 |
| Sealaska Heritage Institute—Education | $402,644 |
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