Tag: United States Secretary of the Interior
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Tribal School Wins Its Own Waiver From No Child Left Behind
An excerpt: A tribal school in Florida has been granted relief from the most onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind, making it the first tribal school in the nation to win its own waiver from the nation’s main federal education law. The Miccosukee Indian School joins more than 40 states that have already won…
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Federal Officials Say Native American School in Minnesota Needs Help
Federal officials got a firsthand look at one deteriorating Native American school in Minnesota Tuesday–they said it’s one of many suffering similarly throughout the country. After touring Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School in Bena, Minnesota, Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell said it’s just one example of how the country is letting down it’s Native American students. Employees said…
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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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ICT – Interior Secretary Jewell Discusses Native Education at Laguna Pueblo
Here. And an excerpt: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said her December 11 visit to Laguna Pueblo Elementary School in New Mexico was her “first opportunity to see an Indian school directly,” reported the Albuquerque Journal. She and a number of others, including Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn, were meeting to help…
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DR. CHARLES M. ROESSEL NAMED DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Here. From Native News Online: Assistant Secretary Kevin K. Washburn today announced that he has named Dr. Charles M. “Monty” Roessel as Director of the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Roessel, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, had served as the acting director since February 2012. The announcement came today as Secretary of the…