Category: Reports
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Throwback Thursday
The Kennedy Report from 1969 was dedicated to Indian education, and it can be seen on NARF’s website. An excerpt: The development of effective educational programs for Indian children must become a high priority objective of the federal government. Although direct federal action can most readily take place in the federally-operated schools, special efforts should be…
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“The Algebra Imperative”
The Brown Center released a report today called “The Algebra Imperative.” The report shows that current national and international math assessments do not adequately measure how well American students are learning algebra. A quote: The essay is organized by four sections. The first section describes the current state of affairs in assessing algebra—the national and international tests…
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State of Native Education Report
The Education Trust recently published its State of Native Education Report. Another sobering report indicating that native students are generally not closing achievement gaps, and in fact are being surpassed by other minorities. A quote: Unlike achievement results for every other major ethnic group in the United States, those for Native students have remained nearly flat in…
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Transcript from Tribal Consultation regarding Education in May of 2013.
Here is the transcript from the Tribal Consultation and Listening Session that the Department of Education held in the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel Conference on May 13, 2013.
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Harvard study on effective teaching of Native Students
Harvard and NIEA have developed a research paper titled Cultivated Ground: Effective Teaching Practices for Native Students in a Public High School. You can read this important paper here.
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Why not invest in our most important resource?
Along with or in some cases instead of investing tribal monies into gaming, why not invest in our tribes futures, by investing in (often most quoted) our “most valuable resource, our children/students.” Many TEDs/Indian Educators are aware of the great needs but few are able to convince tribal leadership and tribal membership that an investment…