Category: Legal
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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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TEDNA, NARF, & NCAI Presents:
2013 Decision Making Guide This Guide was developed in collaboration with the National Congress of American Indians through a grant provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. One of the key purposes of the Grant was to help strengthen the role of tribal governments in Native education. This Guide is intended to help accomplish…
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Could the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act Re-authorization Move?
Some seem to think so. Section 116 of that Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 2326, is the Native American Career and Technical Education Program (“NACTEP”). NACTEP provides grants to federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities and eligible BIE-funded schools to improve career and technical education (“CTE”) programs that are consistent with the purposes of the…
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Use of Data by School Districts
A good article regarding the evolving use of data by school districts. A quote: Now, the bulk of student data is housed in a consolidated student-information system that teachers can use to create assessments, score them, and get the results analyzed immediately, giving them the power to adjust their teaching based on what they’re seeing and…
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TEDNA Consultation Comments
TEDNA’s comments on the September 12 Department of Education Consultation can be seen here.
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Agenda for September 12th Consultation
The Agenda for the Department of Education’s Tribal Consultation is here.