Education

Since the mid-1970s, the twin red geodesic domes of Little Singer Community School have risen from the barren, grey landscape of Birdsprings, Arizona, like a space colony on a desert planet.

Charmaine Tsosie grew up in a home without electricity or running water. But one thing they had was books.

After a quarter of online school on the reservation, the verdict is in, and in these divisive times, the consensus is remarkable: Hardly anybody likes it. Everyone agrees it’s necessary, at least until there’s a cure for COVID-19.