Students received instruction for English as a second language, Navajo, and cultural teachings resulting in increased involvement, improved reading, math and science skills.
National Research Symposium on Limited English Proficient Student Issues ; 3rd
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edward A. Tennant
Description
Describes a cultural awareness program that uses weekly bulletins to alert teachers to contrasting cultural values and a course for high-school students that teaches them how to recognize and cope with contrasting cultural values.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 7-29
Description
Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.