Seeking a new model of education, Sitka college draws from Alaska and national inspirations • Alaska Beacon

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Seeking a new model of education, Sitka college draws from Alaska and national inspirations • Alaska Beacon

Outer Coast students learn through individualized education and experiences. (Photo provided by Bryden Sweeney-Taylor)In 1986, two linguists, Ron and Suzie Scollon, drafted a proposal for the Sealaska Heritage Foundation to inaugurate a new kind of education, which they had developed with help from Tlingit scholars Nora and Richard Dauenhauer. It was an education that would prioritize building knowledge about the place you live in, the cultures …