Category: Events
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Tribes awarded money to help youth go to college, get career ready
Here, from Fox 25 in Oklahoma. An excerpt: Some Native American students in our area are getting help to move on to college or careers after graduation. The White House announced winners of $5.3 million in federal grants Thursday. Six tribes in Oklahoma will received some money in the program, including the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe…
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New School, New Vision for Isleta Pueblo
From ICT, here. An excerpt: Isleta Pueblo has taken over the Isleta Elementary School, which since its founding in the 1890s had been under the control of the federal government. The difference in school morale and the children’s behavior, say school officials, is already evident. And it was certainly easy to see the day ICTMN…
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White House Champions of Change – Young Women Empowering Their Communities
You can watch it live here.
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Norton Sound Education Summit: Our Education, Our Cultures, Our Time
The Norton Sound Education Workgroup is working with Northwest Planning to host a 2015 Education Summit with the theme of Our Education, Our Cultures, Our Time. With the goal of improving educational opportunities and outcomes for students from Early Head Start through Post-secondary Education in the Norton Sound region, a number of entities have come…
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NIEA Call for Action to Support Native Education
CALLS NEEDED TODAY TO SUPPORT NATIVE EDUCATION Native students need your support! Below is a brief summary of two amendments that need support to pass. Please call your Senators today and urge them to support each. If you have any questions, please contact NIEA’s Federal Policy Associate, Dimple Patel at dpatel@niea.org. Study of Native Language…
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Education bill faces GOP revolt
From Politico, here. An excerpt: The debate over the landmark No Child Left Behind bill hits the House and Senate floor Wednesday — new legislation designed to curb federal influence, adjust how much students are tested and reimagine how those test scores are used, though the respective bills don’t take the same approach to addressing…