Tag: Department of Education

• Eight Tribes Receive Nearly $2.5 Million in Grants; Funds Help Tribes Take Control of Own Educational Programs

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight federally recognized tribes will collectively receive nearly $2.5 million in grant awards from the U.S. Departments of Education and Interior to bolster their educational programs and advance self-determination goals through the development of academically rigorous and culturally relevant programs. William Mendoza, director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and…

  November 6, 2015

  Article

  BIE Blueprint, Blueprint for Reform, Bureau of Indian Education, Charles Monty Roessel, Department of Education, Department of Interior, Gen-I, Generation Indigenous, STEP, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education, William Mendoza

• TEDNA Executive Director and VP at the NYCP Project Directors Meeting in Washington DC

  Under the new Native Youth Community Projects (NYCP) program, the Department is making grants to a dozen recipients in nine states that will impact more than thirty tribes and involve more than 48 schools. These awards are a demonstration of President Obama’s strong commitment to improving the lives of American Indian and Alaska Native children…

  October 27, 2015

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  Arne Duncan, Department of Education, Grantee, Joyce Silverthorne, Native Youth Community Project, NYCP, Quinton Roman Nose, Secretary of Education, Washington DC

• White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education Stakeholder Call

  TOPIC: SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT LISTENING SESSIONS FINAL REPORT U.S. Department of Education On October 15, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE) released a school environment report called the School Environment Listening Sessions Final Report. The report was released and announced by William Mendoza, Executive Director of WHIAIANE at the National Indian…

  October 27, 2015

  Consultation

  Conference Call, Department of Education, School Environment Listening Session, WHIAIANE, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education

• U.S. Departments of Education and Interior Announce Grant to Assist Pine Ridge School Recovery Efforts

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – William Mendoza, Director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education at the U.S. Department of Education, and Dr. Charles M. “Monty” Roessel, Director of the Bureau of Indian Education, today announced that the Pine Ridge School in South Dakota has received $218,000 at their request under the U.S.…

  June 18, 2015

  Announcement, Article, Budget, Legal, Politics

  BIE, Department of Education, Monty Roessel, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge School, Press Release, Project School Emergency Response to Violence, SERV, suicide prevention

• U.S. Department of Education Announces $3 Million In Grants Available to Help Native Youth

  The U.S. Department of Education today announced the availability of an estimated $3 million in grants to help Native American youth become college- and career-ready. Funding for the new Native Youth Community Projects is a key step toward implementing President Obama’s commitment to improving the lives of American Indian and Alaskan Native children. The new…

  April 30, 2015

  Announcement, Budget, Grants

  demonstration grants, Department of Education, FY2016 Budget, Grants for Native Youth, Native Youth Community Projects, United States Department of Education

• Save the Date: BIE Tribal Consultation Dates and Locations

  Tribal Consultation Sessions Save-the-Date for the following: April 13, 2015 Sitting Bull College, Fort Yates, ND April 22, 2015 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM April 26, 2015 Tribal Self-Governance Conference, Reno, NV June 28, 2015 NCAI Mid-Year Meeting, St. Paul, MN Registration and more information, please go to: www.edtribalconsultations.org Preliminary topics for Consultation include:…

  March 27, 2015

  Consultation, Save the Date

  Bureau of Indian Education, Department of Education, tribal consultations