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Emery, Mary – North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, 2008
In 1994 the Ford Foundation launched the Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) as a "national demonstration project to help community colleges in distressed regions move their people and communities toward prosperity. It challenged community colleges to become catalysts for economic development and supported aggressive efforts to increase…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Community Colleges, Tribally Controlled Education, Rural Schools
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Doblar, D. Douglas – Educational Horizons, 2009
Calls for schools to "improve" are everywhere, but recently calls for schools to "transform" have proliferated, based on the idea that schools are not simply underperforming but outdated if not obsolete. Most prominently, scholars and authors such as Phillip Schlechty, Peter Senge, and Francis Duffy have targeted school and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Charter Schools, Social Systems, Community Schools
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1980
The goals of the Indian Education Project were to identify and discuss the involvement of federal, tribal, and state governments in the education of Indian children and to assist states in fulfilling their responsibilities in Indian education. A task force and other interested legislators, educators, and tribal representatives met regularly…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, American Indians, Community Control
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1980
On-site visits and surveys of parents and students, as well as tribal, education, and government officials were utilized to gather information regarding selected Indian education programs and practices in Alaska, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Many local and federally funded programs existed to provide Indian students with a…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, American Indian Education, American Indians, Basic Skills
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1980
As part of an effort to identify states' roles and responsibilities in Indian education, major unresolved problems in Indian education were identified by survey and on-site visits in Alaska, Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Educators, government officials, parents, students, and tribal officials were surveyed regarding educational…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, American Indians, Basic Skills
Trujillo, Octaviana V.; Alston, Denise A. – National Education Association, 2005
On October 27, 2004, the National Education Association (NEA) joined with the National Indian Education Association (NIEA) to host "Moving from Research to Practice: A Summit on Indian Students." Over 100 American Indian and Alaska Native education practitioners and researchers from Alaska to Mississippi gathered to share their knowledge…
Descriptors: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Empowerment, American Indian Education