AICF (education)

Scholarships for Native students:  http://www.collegefund.org/

The American Indian College Fund's Mission: The American Indian College Fund transforms Indian higher education by funding and creating awareness of the unique, community-based accredited Tribal Colleges and Universities, offering students access to knowledge, skills, and cultural values which enhance their communities and the country as a whole.

American Indian College Fund (education/Scholarships)

Kalliopeia Foundation Grants American Indian College Fund $40,000 for Scholarships

The Kalliopeia Foundation has announced it is granting the American Indian College Fund $40,000 for scholarships. A supporter of the Fund since 2004, the foundation has focused on providing scholarships for “tribal college students pursuing a teaching degree with the intent to serve as American Indian language instructors.”

via collegefund.org

Free MBA degree (education)

FREE MASTERS PROGRAM AT WAKE FOREST RECEIVES POOR RESPONSE

Wake Forest University has an opportunity for minority students to attend
its MBA program for FREE, and so far, the response has been very poor.
Please, pass along this opportunity to your friends, families, and networks
to see if there is an interest. This is a great school and a tremendous
opportunity to attend a top graduate school.

See details below.  The contact person information is:

Derrick S. Boone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing
Room 3139 Worrell Professional Center
Babcock Graduate School of Management
Wake Forest University 1834 Wake
Forest Drive Winston-Salem , NC 27109-8758

email:              derrick.boone@...
Website:          
http://mba.wfu.edu/
Phone:             (336)..758.4475;
Toll-free:          (866) 925-3622;
Fax:                 336.758.4514

Native Student Achievement Gap Closing (education)

Native American student achievement gap closing in Wisconsin

By Chuck Quirmbach, Wisconsin Public Radio

MADISON (WPR) A recent study says the school achievement gap between Native American students and non-native students is closing in many states. Now, the Obama Administration is pledging more help for native students.

The study looked at four years of state reading and math test data for 8th graders in Wisconsin and 25 other states that serve large populations of American Indian and Alaska Native students. The results showed that in most of those states, all students showed achievement gains. But while native students generally still trailed non-native students, in most of the states studied, including Wisconsin, the achievement gap closed. Senior Researcher Dawn Mackety is a member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, in Michigan.  Mackety says the reducing of the gap should be kept in context. She says in most states, there is still a gap, which is still a concern. Mackety says the gap is narrowing slightly, but American Indian kids are not catching up to the point they will surpass or be even with other groups. 

Mackety says it's difficult to tell why some achievement gaps are closing. The study results come as President Obama is looking at reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind law that passed during the Bush administration. Speaking Thursday (10/22) at the national Indian Education Association conference in Milwaukee, U.S. Education Department special assistant Jose Rico promised that the law could be adjusted to help Native American students.  Rico says the Obama administration “is very open to that.”

The No Child Left Behind act requires that all students reach proficiency in reading and math by five years from now.

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Information from Wisconsin Public Radio, www.wpr.org

Native Teaching Credentials (language)

Gov. Schwarzenegger last week signed an Assembly Bill into law that Vincent Armenta, tribal chairman of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, said will greatly help the Chumash, and other California tribes preserve native languages, many of which are on the brink of extinction.  Complete story at: http://www.thedailysound.com/News/102409Language

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