Thanks to your support, NIEA has made tremendous accomplishments in 2012 to improve the education for our American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children.
Through our research, NIEA teamed up with Harvard University Graduate School of Education to publish Charter Schools Serving Native Students: An Exploration of Best Practices, which provided new insight into how Native communities can use flexible school structures to provide our students with high-quality culturally based education.
NIEA is also helping tribal governments and school districts support Native student success. This includes a subcontract with the South Central Comprehensive Center to provide technical assistance to districts on how to improve student achievement. We are also showing educators how they can incorporate Native language and culture into Common Core reading and math standards.
Your NIEA is planning on doing even more in 2013 - from advocating for the passage of the Native CLASS Act, to working on preserving federal funding from Fiscal Cliff-related budget cuts. But your continued support is essential to our work. Please invest in NIEA's Annual Fund to help us carry on this important work.
Each year-end contribution you make is one that helps our Native students become leaders of our tribes, communities, and the nation. Go to NIEA.org today and learn more about what we do each and every day for our children - and feel free to share this message with your colleagues.
Thank you for being part of NIEA. And thank you for supporting the most-important mission of all: Building brighter futures for our Native students. Wado.
Ahniwake Rose
Executive Director, National Indian Education Association
