Tag: Oregon Department of Education

• Via Indiancountrytoday.com: Mandatory Native American Curriculum in the Cards for Oregon

  An excerpt: A new American Indian/Alaska Native State Plan moves Oregon ever closer to making a Native American curriculum mandatory in all public school districts. When it happens, it will join a still way too short list of states, with neighboring Washington added to it this spring, to issue a similar directive. The new two-year…

  August 4, 2015

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  AI/NA Advisory Panel, American Indian Education, American Indian/Alaska Native State Plan, Native American Curriculum, ODE, Oregon Department of Education

• Via Oregonlive.com: State Outlines Plan to Boost Graduation Rates, Attendance for Native American Students

  An excerpt: In this file photo a dancer participates in a powwow hosted by the Native American Youth and Family Center. The state recently approved a plan to better support Native American youth. ( Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian) (Ross William Hamilton) The Oregon Department of Education has outlined a new strategic plan to help boost graduation rates,…

  July 20, 2015

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  Graduation Rates, Native American Youth, Native Students, Oregon, Oregon Department of Education, Strategic Plan