Thank you to Turtle Talk for the links: Here is the press release from the White House. Here is the press release from the BIA Here is the link to the live stream, where Eric Holder is speaking now (10:00am).
TEDNA Comments to Department of Education on the STEP Program
Here are TEDNA's comments to the Department of Education regarding its proposed changes to the STEP Program. We will put these comments in our Consultation Materials section. TEDNA also co-hosted a webinar regarding the STEP program last week. If you were unable to attend Education Northwest and TEDNA’s webinar, you can view the recording here. We encourage … Continue reading TEDNA Comments to Department of Education on the STEP Program
The Hechinger Report: Tribal colleges give poor return on more than $100 million a year in federal money
Here. An excerpt: FORT YATES, North Dakota — Breanne Lugar says the only reason she enrolled in college was so she could move away from the house she shared on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation with her parents, her boyfriend, and her five children. “I never wanted to come to school,” says Lugar, 26, who … Continue reading The Hechinger Report: Tribal colleges give poor return on more than $100 million a year in federal money
Indianz.com – Editorial: Indian schools deserve more federal and state funds
Here. An excerpt: The Minneapolis Star Tribune is running a four-part series on the "separate and unequal" system at the Bureau of Indian Education: The Bug school, part of the federally funded Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) system, is partly housed in a 30-year-old metal “pole barn” built as an auto mechanic school and bus … Continue reading Indianz.com – Editorial: Indian schools deserve more federal and state funds