Category: Discussion
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ED Week: Congress Approves Budget Deal That Puts Brakes on Sequestration
Here. An excerpt: School districts chafing under the across-the-board federal cuts known as sequestrationare about to get a reprieve: The U.S. Senate gave final approval, on a vote of 64 to 36 Wednesday to a broad budget deal that would ward off the vast majority of the impending cuts to K-12 education spending—and nearly every other federal program—for…
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Throwback Thursday
Today’s throwback is about a discrimination lawsuit against a South Dakota School District that was settled in 2007. The case was Antoine v. Winner School District, which the ACLU and Rosebud Sioux Tribe prosecuted. A snippet from the ACLU website: In March of 2006, the ACLU’s Racial Justice Program, ACLU of the Dakotas and Attorney General…
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Open Listening Session with Indian Education Study Group: Thursday, December 19, 2013 8:30 – 4:00 p.m. PT
The flyer and call in number is here. The Study Group wants to hear from tribal leaders, tribal education departments, principals, teachers and parents on how to improve BIE so if you have any vested interest in this please call in.
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Indianz – Charter School paves way for Indian students
Here. This highlights the Native American Community Academy (“NACA”) based in Albuquerque, NM. I know several staff members at NACA, and it is an excellent model that can and should be duplicated. An excerpt: ALBUQUERQUE — For many Native American students coming out of high school, both on and off reservations, the possibility of college…