Carrie Jung
Carrie began reporting from New Mexico in 2011, following environmental news, education and Native American issues. She’s worked with NPR’s Morning Edition, PRI’s The World, National Native News, and The Takeaway.
Carrie graduated with a masters degree from Clemson University in 2009.
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The college credit exams were moved online in response to the pandemic. But many students don't have Internet access at home. Up until Friday, one senior planned to take her tests in a parking lot. -
Most standardized tests, like the SAT and ACT, are on hold this spring. But Advanced Placement exams are going forward with a new online format. -
An opinion could come in early 2019. Both sides say they plan to appeal, which means the fate of affirmative action policies could once again end up in the hands of the Supreme Court. -
In Boston, the thinking is that play, student-led activities and lots of choices work just as well for older kids. Plus, it keeps the gains kids make in preschool from fading later on. -
Phoenix is preparing for a visit Tuesday by President Trump. Police are preparing for possible clashes between immigration advocates and anti-immigrant activists.
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The Bureau of Indian Education is 150 years old and is finally undergoing a critical reorganization facilitated by the Obama administration and the bureau itself. But will it be enough? -
"There are so many checks and balances on this system. It continues to prove itself on a daily basis," said Karen Osborne, the director of elections in Maricopa Country, Ariz. -
Elections workers in Phoenix test each tabulation machine in advance and transport paper ballots and machine tallies by separate teams, not over the Internet, to assure the result is accurate.
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When it comes to voting, many Native American voters face challenges that other voters don't, including language barriers and a lack of accessible polling places.
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Imagine trying to raise a child with just $159 a week. For foster parents on one Native American reservation in southern Arizona, that's all the money the tribe can afford. But leaders have plans to double that soon, if they can gain access to a large source of federal funding.
