Indigenous Students

Professional Development Opinion Response: 'Something Must Change' to Address Challenges Facing Native American Youths
Dr. Susan C. Faircloth, Kelly Sassi, and Jennifer Borgioli share their thoughts on the challenges facing Native American youth.
Larry Ferlazzo, April 22, 2019
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Professional Development Opinion Response: Meeting the Needs of Native American Students
Mandy Smoker Broaddus, Gregg Castro and Jennifer Jilot discuss the challenges faced by Native American students and ways educators can effectively respond to those issues.
Larry Ferlazzo, April 21, 2019
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Education Opinion What Are the Biggest Challenges Facing Native American Students?
The new question-of-the-week is: What are the biggest challenges facing Native American students and how can they be addressed?
Larry Ferlazzo, April 17, 2019
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Special Education Video Creating Pathways for Gifted Students in Rural Alaska
Growing up gifted in rural Alaska can be a struggle. It can be tough to find the challenging courses you need, and the advising to get you planted firmly on a path to college. See how one program, the Rural Alaska Honors Institute, is helping gifted Alaska Native students find their way to college. Run by the Rural Alaska Honors Institute at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, it offers residential summer programs for college credit, and advanced courses online during the school year.
December 26, 2018
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English Learners What's Behind Rising Graduation Rates for English-Learners and Native-American Students?
Educators and researchers are questioning whether the increase in high school completion rates means the needs of those students are being better served in the nation's K-12 schools.
Corey Mitchell, December 7, 2017
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Education Opinion Native American Students Are the Forgotten Minority
The outrageous treatment of Native Americans is nowhere more evident than in what purports to be education.
Walt Gardner, July 28, 2017
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School Climate & Safety Report Roundup Native American Education
The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs consistently lets safety problems slide in the 185 schools run by the Bureau of Indian Education, according to a study by the Government Accountability Office.
Sarah D. Sparks, June 6, 2017
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College & Workforce Readiness Video Hands-On Veterinary Program Helps Navajo Students Succeed
Students in a veterinary science program at a school located in Navajo Nation get hands-on instruction that prepares them for college and careers.
Carmen Rojas, April 19, 2017
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School & District Management Nation's Report Card Shows Strengths, Shortfalls for Native American Students
New federal data show differences in Native American students' performance at public and tribal schools.
Sarah D. Sparks, March 7, 2017
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College & Workforce Readiness Leader To Learn From Educator's Pre-Veterinary Program Sends Navajo Students to College
Clyde McBride, the director of career and technical education in Kayenta, Ariz., runs a powerhouse pre-veterinary-sciences program that gives Navajo students hands-on experience that propels them to college, prepares them for the workforce, and puts them at the center of supporting their communities. He is recognized as a 2017 Leader To Learn From.
Catherine Gewertz, February 22, 2017
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Equity & Diversity Opinion Why Aren't We Talking About Native American Students?
Meeting the education needs of Native students must involve Indian Country partnerships, writes Native Indian Education Association's Ahniwake Rose.
Ahniwake Rose, February 7, 2017
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Education Opinion The Native American Education Scandal
It's time to investigate the Bureau of Indian Education for allowing scandalous educational conditions to persist.
Walt Gardner, January 18, 2017
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Equity & Diversity Opinion The Miseducation of Native American Students
The U.S. education system's erasure of Indigenous historical and present realities is damaging to Native students, writes Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, November 28, 2016
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Equity & Diversity New Bureau of Indian Education Director Selected
A member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Dearman inherits the reins of an agency that has been plagued by financial mismanagement and rampant staff turnover for decades.
Corey Mitchell, November 2, 2016
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