Category: Reports
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WashPo – Native Americans’ unemployment has been above 10 percent for five years now
Here is the article with an interactive map showing the numbers in each state. These troubling numbers roughly correlate to the State of Native Education and shows the importance of education and the emphasis that needs to be placed on it.
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Honoring our Children: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students (Dedicated to the Memory of Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, 1934-2011)
Here. An excerpt from the introduction: This is the second monograph published by Northern Arizona University emphasizing culture-based education, which seeks to accomplish the melding of Indigenous and Western knowledge and pedagogy to improve school experiences for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. The first book, Honoring Our Heritage: Culturally Appropriate Approaches for Teaching Indigenous Students…
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MINN Post – Minnesota report focuses on programs that work for Indian students
Here. An excerpt. At 45.5 percent, Minnesota has the lowest on-time high-school graduation rate for its Native American students of any state in the country. Though acknowledging that hard truth, a new report by the Minnesota Campaign for Achievement Now (MinnCAN) reflects hope. The report, “Native American Student Achievement in Minnesota,” not only focuses on some…
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Wash. Po. – U.S. students show incremental progress on national test
Here. An excerpt: The nation’s fourth- and eighth-graders made incremental progress on math and reading tests administered earlier this year by the federal government, according to data released Thursday. The results detail performance in 2013 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, that U.S. students have taken every two years since the early 1990s. The…
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Throwback Thursday – 2011 NIES Study
Here is the National Indian Education Study done under the direction of the National Center for Education Statistics on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Indian Education. The Study is conducted through the National Assessment of Educational Progress and provides information on the academic performance of fourth- and eighth-grade American Indian/Alaska Native students…
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Video: Native groups improving education
Here is a great video by ICT on Native groups that help students find their way to college.