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  • NIEA Webinar Series: BIE Blueprint for Reform Understanding the Implementation, Part II

    Due to consistent demand from our membership for more information, NIEA will hold a second Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) informational webinar on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 at 4:00 pm (eastern). For those who missed the initial session, we are providing this opportunity for additional dialogue and new information so our stakeholders can decide the…

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  • DOI Announces $2.5 Million to Promote Tribal Control and Operation of BIE-Funded Schools

    Interior Department Announces $2.5 million to Promote Tribal Control and Operation of BIE-Funded Schools Funding Opportunity Part of Bureau of Indian Education’s implementation of American Indian Education Study Group’s “Blueprint for Reform;” Sovereignty in Indian Education grants will promote tribal self-determination in education through tribal control of BIE-funded schools WASHINGTON, D.C.–As part of the Obama…

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  • From Indiaz.com- Sandra Fox: Fixing the education system for our Indian children

    “It is encouraging that more and more individuals, groups, tribes, and government officials are recognizing the need for major change in Indian education. Most of the time, however, the focus of recommendations for change is on the facets of the system that have least to do with improving instruction, such things as who should be…

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  • LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER – NIEA Webinar on BIE Reform TODAY

    TODAY: Webinar Series – BIE Blueprint for Reform Understanding the Implementation  President Obama and the Department of the Interior (DOI) recently announced their plan to reform the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).  As the implementation process moves forward, join NIEA TODAY- Tuesday, August 19, at 4:00 pm (eastern) as we bring our membership top BIE leadership…

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  • HUFF POST: The Education System Is Failing Native American Students. Here’s Proof.

    Early last month, Barack Obama made his first visit as president to Indian Country, where he announced plans to revamp the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) in an effort to improve the agency’s federally funded Native American schools. Acknowledging a “crisis” in Native American education, Obama proposed giving local tribes more control over education so…

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  • American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2014 Bill Introduced

    Senator John Walsh, D-Mont., introduced a bill that would give American Indian teachers in classrooms with over 10% Native American students or in Bureau of Indian Education schools loan forgiveness of up to $17,500 after five years of service. The bill aims to recruit and retain American Indian teachers as well as to increase the…

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