Category: Discussion
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Lakota Greetings for Males: Part 1
Here is a good website that provides examples of Lakota greetings for men. Teaching our language is so important to keeping our cultures. Like this website, we should use technology to our advantage when we can.
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Tracking Student Discipline
Here is an article from ED Week regarding student data databases and their uses. A quote: Years ago when teachers, administrators and school staff were looking to build early warning systems to catch children from falling through the cracks, they would keep attendance records, grades and whether the students were tardy or leaving early on a…
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Sens. Heitkamp and Murkowski Introduce Bill to Improve Lives of Indian Children
Here is the text of the press release (bill summary here): U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today introduced a comprehensive plan to find solutions to the complex challenges facing Native American children throughout Indian Country. The bipartisan legislation, Heitkamp’s first bill as a U.S. Senator, would create a national Commission on Native…
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South Dakota Native Students Still Not Closing Gap
Here, as the State Legislature’s Long Range Planning Committee was told. An excerpt: One school district where the gaps are getting smaller is Timber Lake. LuAnn Lindskov, who lives at Isabel, was selected last week as South Dakota teacher of the year for 2014. She is a math and science teacher at Timber Lake. Her…
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Wisconsin tribe works to teach Ojibwe language to next generation
Here is an article on an ANA grant for language preservation. Young children in the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe will soon have more opportunities to learn their native Ojibwe tongue from tribal elders as part of a language preservation grant from HHS’ Administration for Children and Families (ACF). …. The grant allows…
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Education Built to Last Facilities Best Practices Tour – Going Green in the Golden State
Here is an article regarding the recent facilities tour the Department of Education took. This article focuses on schools in California, and new measures the state may pass to increase expenditures for such construction. A quote: A long-time supporter of green school facilities, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said, “I’m thrilled to see…