Americans everywhere, from the East coast to the West coast and the Canadian border to the Southern border, know we all need to become prepared to make a good living. 

That hasn’t happened in rural Alaska forever. Let's change course.

There needs to be a pivotal turnaround in the way we deliver education in village Alaska. The infrastructure for good jobs is not there and maybe, never will be.

So what is the pivot? At AFN we called it knowledge-based education vs the old-fashioned “become a this or that” and you’ll succeed. That is true for some but not all.

I call for a new direction. Teach our children, from pre-school on up, how to make money with money, playing the stock exchange game. That is probably the only way we will make education worthwhile in village schools. Create knowledge-based jobs in every village.

Start small. Start now. Everyday. Pre-schoolers. Kindergarteners. Middle school, high school, and beyond.  Money. That’s the only commodity out there. Do it.