What it is
Indigenous & Arctic education
- Equity and access in K-12 and postsecondary education
- Youth perceptions and identity in the Arctic
- Formal and non-institutional education for sustainable development
- Comparative circumpolar education policy
Lead researcher
Current projects
- Arctic Youth-Sustainable Futures – The “Arctic Youth and Sustainable Futures” project aims fill an identified gap in knowledge on the lives, ambitions, needs of and challenges faced by youth – indigenous and non-indigenous – across the circumpolar north.
- Evaluation of the ESEA Title VI Indian Education LEA Grants Program (headed by SRI International) – The Title VI Indian Education Local Education Agency (LEA) Grants Program seeks to improve outcomes for AI/AN children by bridging the gap between LEAs and Indigenous communities. It funds culturally appropriate services that can help AI/AN students meet challenging state standards, and it requires educators to collaborate with parents and tribes to shape these services. This project aims to provide a picture of the nationwide operations of the local grants program.
- Evaluation of the ICC-Alaska project “Implementing the Alaska Inuit Education Improvement Strategy” – The Inuit Circumpolar Council – Alaska (ICC-AK) is implementing the Alaskan Inuit Education Improvement Strategy (2015), supported by a three-year U.S. Department of Education Alaska Native Education (ANE) grant. CAEPR serves as external evaluator for this project.