“There was never really a commitment to educate our kids,” said Forrest Cuch, a former education leader for the Ute Tribe. “Otherwise, we wouldn’t be seeing this pattern for so long.” Here are the three main takeaways from The Tribune’s series.
Ute students have been left behind in today's public school system in the Uinta Basin — a trend that stems back to the boarding schools that operated on the Uintah and Ouray Reservation.When Latter-day Saint pioneers arrived in 1847, one of the tribes already living along the Wasatch Front were the Utes — who would give the future state its name and become the mascot of its flagship university.
Language arts provides another powerful example: About 90% of all Ute students in the Duchesne and Uintah school districts did not meet proficiency in year-end exams for reading and writing in 2022.“There was never really a commitment to educate our kids,” said Forrest Cuch, a former education leader for the tribe. “Otherwise, we wouldn’t be seeing this pattern for so long.
They have also graduated — with 85% to 90% getting a high school diploma — at almost double the rate of Ute kids. The analysis, he wrote, shows “this disadvantage becomes larger as the children move through the public schools.”, done at the request of the Ute Tribe, is one of a century of warnings that Ute students were being denied an effective education.
“Additionally, very little attempt has been made to perpetuate the values and culture that might be unique to the Indian people and provide them with a sense of pride in their own heritage, or confidence that they can effectively control their own future development.”For the more than 70 years that Ute students have been languishing in public schools, leaders have also known what would help them succeed.
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