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Coronavirus News for Kalskag
Visa program draws foreign teachers to a rural Alaska school district facing a staffing crisis
Teacher retention and recruitment is difficult and some schools make use of J-1 Visas to recruit teachers from outside the U.S. In one rural school district in Alaska, foreign teachers make up ... More info »
New Hampshire Public Radio - 05/23/2024 09:00pmFargo native is Alaska's principal of the year - InForum
KALSKAG, Alaska - At this fly-in community with few resources, a Fargo native became Alaska's 2012 principal of the year. Greg Wohlman, who grad-uated from Fargo North High School in 1991, is ... More info »
inforum - 12/27/2012 08:30amVisa program draws foreign teachers to a rural Alaska school district facing a staffing crisis : NPR
He travelled more than 5,000 miles to teach special education at an elementary school in the village of Upper Kalskag, Alaska. Just over 200 people live there. More info »
NPR - 05/23/2024 10:00pmVisa program draws foreign teachers to a rural Alaska school district facing a staffing crisis
In one rural school district in Alaska, foreign teachers make up over half the staff. Teacher retention and recruitment is difficult and some schools make use of J-1 Visas to recruit teachers from ... More info »
Iowa Public Radio - 05/23/2024 09:00pmVisa program draws foreign teachers to a rural Alaska school district facing a staffing crisis - WLRN
Teacher retention and recruitment is difficult and some schools make use of J-1 Visas to recruit teachers from outside the U.S. In one rural school district in Alaska, foreign teachers make up ... More info »
WLRN - 05/23/2024 09:00pm