Interview · North Dakota · Dusty Olson
Themes: Education & learning, Culture & continuity, Arts & expression, Economy & livelihoods, Children & young people
New transcript-based questions created with AI assistance using Scott Simpson’s Learn About and Learn From guide.
Learn About questions
1. Why does Dusty Olson want the Essential Understandings incorporated into school curriculum?
2. What possibilities does he see in a new school and alternative learning options?
3. What concerns does he raise about attendance and the need for community discussion?
Learn From questions
1. Whose culture is visible in the learning spaces I know, and whose could be better represented?
2. What barriers might I need to understand before judging a student's attendance?
3. What could I contribute to a community conversation about a school change?
Transcripts
04 Dusty Olson Essential Understandings in Schools
Watch this interview on YouTubeRight now we have 80% of Native Americans and school system and with that and putting the set of learnings in the curriculum I’ve been I’ve been vying for this for a while since I’ve seen it down in South Dakota of how they’re all you know on it and I want to be a part of it but it seems like you know there’s no cliche you know some things never change and partials like that you know they just don’t want to change they want to keep it to how it is and I think change is good over there because it sets a whole new culture of how we perceive you know the school and we’re getting a new school now so it would be I think it’d be time now that they changed their curriculum up and use a little bit of the culture and implement it into our high school and into curriculum into the new school so I’ve always been trying to been trying to battle I guess trying to get this into the school and also kind of jealous that they the town has the alternative learning school and right now I’m on I’m on yet teeter-tottering right now trying to get an alternative school and partial and it’s it’s always the money factor in a place right now because we don’t have new school we’re getting new everything but it’s just that you know we don’t have act and I think either that or even around the tribe should build of alternative school to stuff for your reservations thought not have it associated with the schools that you don’t but you know have the backups of the schools but I’ve just there could be a lot I think there could be a lot more implemented I can go on and on with this cuz just I’m gonna end up saying it all over again Rick the casino so it’s just the fact that you know how policy is that the tribe has right now needs to be stiffer on attendance and absenteeism they don’t consider generational absenteeism that’s a we battle in our school is generational and there just needs to be a roundtable discussion on how well they should a counter and battle lolled it problems that are associated with young kids with young children in schools
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