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Category: Budget

  • FY 2015 Omnibus Budget Bill – Exciting News for Tribal Education Agencies and Departments 

    On Tuesday evening, House and Senate appropriators released the FY 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill (HR 83), which will fund TEAs through Department  of Interior for the first time. Here is the BIA section of the Interior explanatory statement. On page 24, it provides that: Education.- The agreement includes $2,000,000 for the development and operation of tribal departments or…

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  • PBS: Can the U.S. restructure schools to nurture Native American students?

    Here. An overview of this interview with Secretary Sally Jewell: The high school graduation rate for Native Americans is the lowest of any ethnic or racial group in the United States. How can the government assist reservation schools while respecting autonomy of tribes? Judy Woodruff talks to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell about a…

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  • 2014 Native Youth Report – Executive Office of the President

    Here is the White House 2014 Native Youth Report. An excerpt from the Root Causes of Disparities in Native Educational Attainment: Continued Lack of Genuine Tribal Control: Historically, states that have Indian lands within their geographic boundaries have not been required, or even encouraged, to collaborate with tribes in operating schools. Public education, which serves the vast…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • Recording of Education Northwest and TEDNA Webinar: STEP Program and Lessons Learned

    If you were unable to attend Education Northwest and TEDNA’s webinar today, you can view the recording here.  We encourage any Tribal Education Agency or Department that is contemplating applying for the next round of STEP Grants to watch the webinar.  The PPT slides can be seen here. TEDNA’s overview of the STEP Grant can be…

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