Diversity in Alaska's Schools
Preschool to grade 12 students in Alaska’s schools are ethnically diverse, with approximately
25% Alaska Natives, 4% Asian/Pacific Islanders, 2% African-Americans, 5% Hispanics, and the
remaining 64% Caucasians.
There are over 85 languages represented in Alaska’s bilingual
programs, most of them indigenous.
Participant Schools
The two participating schools for the AMIDST project are:
- geographically diverse (one in interior Alaska and one in western coastal Alaska)
- have students with high ethnic diversity
- students come from families with high economic diversity
- students show a high level of intellectual / cognitive diversity
