2012 Retrospective: March

ICTMN Staff
December 20, 2012
Take a look back at March 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today ...

National Indian Education Association Names Cherokee Executive Director

Tanya Lee
September 19, 2012
The National Indian Education Association (NIEA) has selected Ahniwake Rose, Cherokee , as its new executive director. She will replace Dr...

Eight More States Get Waiver From No Child Left Behind Law

ICTMN Staff
May 29, 2012
Back in February President Barack Obama freed 10 states from the mandates of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), a federal law requiring all students to be proficient in reading and math ...

No Child Left Behind Act: A Bust in Indian Country

Tanya Lee
March 07, 2012
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) kids have not made as much progress in reading and math under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) as politicians and educators had hoped, ...

Obama to Free 10 States From No Child Left Behind Requirements

ICTMN Staff
February 09, 2012
President Barack Obama will announce today that 10 states will be freed from the mandates of No Child Left Behind (NCLB), a federal law requiring all students to be proficient in r...

Educator in Navajo Nation Grapples with ‘Savage Inequalities’ in Reservation Schools

Brittani K. Roy
November 16, 2011
In 2010, I moved from Indiana to Piñon, Arizona to teach on the Navajo Nation reservation, which covers more than 27,000 square miles over a three-state area...
David Beaulieu

The Obama Administration’s Blaming of American Indians as Policy

At February's National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Legislative Summit in Washington D.C., William Mendoza was asked about the administration’s proposal to move the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to the Department of Education that had been floated at consultations with tribal l...

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