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US Department of Education, 2015
The Obama administration is committed to the needs of Indian Country and to the education of Native American youth. U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Arne Duncan has made it a priority to strengthen opportunities and outcomes for all students, including Native American students. As a result of the secretary's commitment to Native youth…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Tribes, American Indian Students, Educational Environment
Rentner, Diane Stark; Price, Olga Acosta – Center on Education Policy, 2014
Federal education funding has often been overlooked by districts in search of sources of support for prevention. This guide is intended to help school districts take advantage of those funds by identifying K-12 grant programs in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that could be used to implement prevention efforts in elementary and secondary…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
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Nelson, Steven; Greenough, Richard; Sage, Nicole – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2009
Focusing on student proficiency in reading and math from 2003-04 to 2006-07, this report compares gaps in performance on state achievement tests between grade 8 American Indian and Alaska Native students and all other grade 8 students in 26 states serving large populations of American Indian and Alaska Native students. In response to a request by…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Students, Grade 8
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1980
In order to acquaint Indian and non-Indian educators, legislators, and other concerned individuals with the status of Indian education in all 50 states, data has been gathered regarding policy statements that are under consideration or have already been implemented by state boards of education and state legislation, appropriations, and resolutions…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Martin, Kallen M. – Winds of Change, 1995
The Ahkwesahsne Science and Math Pilot Project was developed in 1990 for seventh- and eighth-grade students in the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk community in Canada and New York. The project integrates traditional Western science with a curriculum based on principles of Iroquoian culture outlined in the Great Law of Peace, Iroquoian Creation Story, and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Culturally Relevant Education
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Cesarone, Bernard – Childhood Education, 2006
This column presents and summarizes recent resources that discuss some problems and solutions related to elementary education in inner-city urban areas. (Contains 6 Web resources.)
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Urban Schools, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Quality
New York State Dept. of Social Services, Albany. – 1978
The status of American Indians in the State of New York and the public services made available to them through various units of state government are outlined. For almost two hundred years the State of New York, with Federal acquiescence, assumed responsibilities for Indian welfare corresponding to those undertaken by the Federal Government in…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
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Laden, Berta Vigil – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2004
This chapter presents an overview of the demographic shifts occurring in the United States and discusses the associated rapid increase in the number of community college students from diverse racial backgrounds. Profiles of two community colleges offer examples of timely responses to emerging majority students' academic, economic, and social…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demography, Population Trends, College Students
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Cultural Education. – 1978
A two week teacher training institute for Native American bilingual/bicultural education was held in the summer of 1978 at Brockport State University of New York. Educational Programs for bilingual and bicultural learning environments for Native American students had been hampered by insufficient teachers and teacher trainers and the use of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education
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Watson, Tom – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
The National Youth Administration (NYA) was established within the Works Progress Administration in 1935 to provide work training for unemployed youth and part-time employment for needy students. It was transferred to the Federal Security Agency in 1939, and subsequently to the War Manpower Commission in 1942. As war clouds began to hover over the…
Descriptors: Females, Vocational Education, Guidance Programs, War
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1906
Volume 1 begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction and includes state school-system statistics. Chapter I covers education in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Chapter II presents children's growth statistics collected in Worcester, Mass., Toronto, Ontario, and Milwaukee. Chapter III addresses German university pension and…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Foreign Countries, Child Development, College Faculty
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1908
Chapter XIX of Volume 2 introduces the volume's statistical tables and discusses the 1907 education census, and American education types and variations. Chapter XX provides state common school statistics on population, school age, enrollment, attendance, school term, teachers, revenues and expenditures, and finances. Chapter XXI covers city school…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Education, Institutional Characteristics, Urban Schools