NM Indian school beats poverty, language barrier to boost reading, math scores in 3 years

TOHATCHI, N.M. — Fifth grader Darius Yazzie’s after-school chores include hauling water for horses and feeding chickens, while his classmate, Shanika Begay, rides a bus 15 miles each way through the rolling hills of this impoverished corner of the Navajo Nation.

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