Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 47, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-9
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Introduction to the articles in this special issue which add to the research on the No Child Left Behind Act and its impacts on communities and schools.
Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.
Shows how community and culture based education contributes to academic success for American Indian and Alaska Native children. Recommendations are provided.
Looks at politics and practices of cross cultural communication by examining the historical and current status of American Indians as subjects and participants in the educational system.
Plan for promoting educational success of Native American students focuses on measuring the progress of relationships between government, tribes and schools districts and supporting a curriculum based on tribal history, culture and government.
Discussion on the disparities in public education, policies intended to improve and enhance equity, and recommendations for accountability & policy reform.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 7-29
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Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
Subcommittee produced extensive report which examined the history of residential, tribal and public education and made numerous recommendations to improve the system.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 4, no. 1, October 1964, pp. [6-9]
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Discusses deficiencies in English language proficiency and the need for appropriate materials for teaching English as a second language to Navaho students.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 34, no. 1, Fall, 1994, pp. [20-34]
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Study reveals that educators at locally controlled schools perceive themselves as having a greater impact on policy than Bureau of Indian Affairs school personnel.
Provides new framework for updating of old formula first used in 1988 which would include quality and range of services, and additional costs inherent to unique to First Nations schools.
Northern Review, no. 28, Spring, 2008, pp. 207-229
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Compares the environment of schooling in urban and rural Alaska plus the progress state educators have made following the initial implementation of the legislation.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 33, no. 2, Winter, January 1994, pp. [1-23]
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Previously unpublished report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education; highly critical of the system in place and advocates development of truly "Native" education.
Results from consultation talks by the Department of Education with Indian/Alaskan Natives in response to 2009 presidential memorandum. Concerns were expressed regarding funding shortages and fragmentation of the systems providing education.