Category: Youth
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2016 White House Tribal Nations Conference Applications due Aug 22
This opportunity is available to youth ages 14-24. To be eligible to attend to the conference, youth must: 1) Be an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe; 2) Take the Gen-I Challenge (if you have already taken the Gen-I Challenge – that’s perfectly fine!); and 3) Complete this application by the August 22 deadline.…
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Pine Ridge Summer Art Program Expands Colors on Life’s Palette
From Indianz.com: Kyle, S.D. – Even a casual glance at artists in different mediums will find people who were looking for a way to express themselves and deal with the issues in their lives. A summer art program on the Pine Ridge Reservation introduced professional artists to tribal youth in an effort to help combat…
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7 Books by Native Writers to Slow the “Summer Slide”
From Indian Country Today: Summer reading can help slow down the “summer slide,” a term educational researchers use to describe the loss of academic skills over the months that kids aren’t in school. With the following books, parents can put the brakes on that slide, and give their kids’ identities a boost. Below are some outstanding…
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Airing Tonight on PBS NewsHour: Education Week Reports: A New Vision for Science Education
The Common Core State Standards in math and English/language arts have gotten a lot of attention over the past few years, fueling debate about how best to set goals for student learning. But another set of new standards-these for science-has been redefining instruction in American classrooms with much less controversy. The Next Generation Science Standards,…
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DOE Releases Civil Rights Data Collection Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2016 Washington, D.C.– Earlier this week, the Department of Education (ED) released a first look…
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TODAY: FLOTUS Delivers SFIS Commencement Speech!
Watch Santa Fe Indian School’s 2016 Graduation and Michelle Obama’s speech by clicking HERE! CONGRATULATIONS SFIS CLASS OF 2016!