Category: Announcement
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New Mexico Indian Education Summit – Nov. 21-22
The New Mexico Public Education Department, Indian Education Division, and IAIA’s Center for Lifelong Education (“CLE”) will host the New Mexico Indian Education Summit and State-Tribal Government-to-Government Meeting on November 21 – 22 in the CLE. Thursday, November 21: Friday, November 22: 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Government-to-Government Meeting 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 Concurrent Sessions – Sponsored Lunch New Mexico Tribal & Pueblo Leaders Common…
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Survey – What technology would support a system of delivery between TEDs (Tribal Education Departments) and their tribal students
Here is a survey that will be used to determine which areas of technology would support a system of delivery between TEDs (Tribal Education Departments) and their tribal students. We hope that you will take a few moments to fill this out, if you have not already done so. Thank you!
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ICT – Top Ten Tribal Desires at 2013 White House Tribal Nations Conference
Here. We are glad to see number 4: 4) Support Indian education. Tribal leaders talked a lot about this issue behind closed doors with administrations officials. They noted that when initially campaigning for president in 2008, President Obama himself promised to make Indian education a priority. Instead, attention has been haphazard, Native student progress has declined, and…
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Harkin, Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Expand Access to High-Quality Early Learning Programs
Here is the news release. A snippet: The early childhood education proposal is a 10-year initiative to expand and improve early learning opportunities for children across the birth to age 5 continuum. The bill would fund preschool for 4-year old children from families earning below 200% of the federal poverty level, and encourage states to spend…
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Hearing on Sequestration – 11/14
Tomorrow, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold a hearing on the impact of sequestration on Indian Country. WASHINGTON D.C. – On Thursday, November 14 at 2:30 PM, Chairwoman Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will hold a U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs oversight hearing on the impact of sequestration on Indian Country and the ongoing effect…
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Kline Statement on Universal Pre-K Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on newly introduced House and Senate proposals to create a universal Pre-K program: We can all agree on the importance of ensuring children have the foundation necessary to succeed in school and in life. However, before investing in new…