Grading the gap: How First Nations kids are coping with the educational funding gap

The federal government is reluctant to admit it, but many experts agree that First Nations kids living on reserve get significantly less funding for their education than kids going to school anywhere else in Canada.

CBC News examines First Nations education funding through the eyes of the students, their parents, teachers and school administrators in different parts of the country. Hop on a plane with a teen who must leave his remote community in order to graduate; attend a smudge with students trying to relearn the cultural identity stolen from their parents; take a lesson in language revival and then determine how you grade the gap.