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Testimony of Quinton Roman Nose, Treasurer National Indian Education Association before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Oversight Hearing on Does Indian School Safety Get a Passing Grade?
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Roman Nose, Quinton – National Indian Education Association, 2010
In this testimony, Quinton Roman Nose talks on behalf of the National Indian Education Association about the shocking disparity in the safety of Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. NIEA advocates for the unique educational and culturally related academic needs of Native students, working to ensure that the federal government upholds its…
Descriptors: School Safety, American Indian Education, Public Schools, Educational Environment
National Curriculum and Federalism: The Australian Experience
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Harris-Hart, Catherine – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2010
Whilst the past 35 years have seen numerous attempts at national curriculum collaboration in Australia, these have invariably failed largely due to the constitutional reality that the States have responsibility for curriculum. Federal government involvement in curriculum can only be achieved, therefore, with the consent of the States. To achieve…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Critical Theory, Foreign Countries, Federal Government
Accountability in K-12 Education. Education Policy Brief
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Armour-Garb, Allison – Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York, 2008
With the No Child Left Behind Act in limbo, the time is right for big thinking on intergovernmental collaboration in the ways we measure and report results in our schools. The Rockefeller Institute convened 40 experts including former New York education commissioner Gordon Ambach, Chester E. Finn, Jr., of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Quality, Equal Education
Testimony of Dr. Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert, President National Indian Education Association before the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education on Challenges Facing Bureau of Indian Education Schools in Improving Student Achievement
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Gilbert, Willard Sakiestewa – National Indian Education Association, 2008
In this testimony, Dr. Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert talks on behalf of the National Indian Education Association with regard to the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and challenges facing BIE schools in improving student achievement. Founded in 1969, the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) is the largest organization in the nation dedicated…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Public Agencies