Yesterday I wrote about a program starting up in Montreal that utilizes the community to keep kids in school. That program, Pathways to Education, has been wildly successful in Toronto. Today I came across parent Cheryl Jackson’s blog entry discussing the important role of the community in keeping aboriginal children in school.
Cheryl tells the story of Rosie Mosquito, the executive director of Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education & Training Institute (OSHKI), the gist of which is that Rosie’s life experience taught her that education is of fundamental importance in a society. She also knows that it takes a community to help keep kids in school.
Although OSHKI is focused on aboriginal peoples, many of the concepts and strategies have applications in non-aboriginal communities as well.
