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Saturday, November 30, 2002
Technology Takes On Rural Alaskan Schools, THE Journal
Technology is improving virtually all aspects of rural education for teachers, administrators and students. Nowhere is this demonstrated better than in the Northwest Arctic Borough School District (NWABSD), located in one of the most remote areas of northwest Alaska. Home to Inupiat Eskimos for more than 10,000 years, the region is about the size of Indiana and lacks roads, isolating the district from neighboring villages. But thanks to modern technology, these rural students now have access to many of the same tools as urban students.
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