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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Today, it enrolls roughly 500 students from 60 different tribes in grades K-12, bolstering their Indigenous heritage with land-based lessons and language courses built into a college preparatory model. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006. It’s a traditionally oral language, and speakers frown on any written form.

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College tuition breaks for Native students spread, but some tribes are left out

The Hechinger Report

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Hall’s status meant that when she was earning her degrees, she didn’t qualify for financial assistance designed for Native students. Her credit score took a hit.

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Direct Attacks on Science/Social Science in Higher Education through Capping Indirect Cost Rates: Why Anthropologists Should Care

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Language restrictions, grant terminations and the cap on IDCsrepresent a direct attack on science including OUR science, on scholarship, rigorous health research for public health benefit, and the nonprofit science/social science advocacy world. The Heritage Foundation. Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise. Feldman, J.

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Coronavirus means school food is free across the U.S. What if it stayed that way?

The Hechinger Report

based advocacy organization lobbying for anti-hunger programs. The rise in hunger comes down to two elements: need and access, said Kelley McDonough, a senior program manager for No Kid Hungry, an anti-hunger advocacy group. School meals are just as important to students’ ability to succeed in school as textbooks and transportation.”.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

In 2014, federal officials unveiled a sweeping plan to overhaul the beleaguered bureau, which had long struggled to deliver better student outcomes with anemic funding. The bill didnt advance, but Heritage resurrected the idea last year in its Project 2025 transition plan for the next president. That same year, the late Arizona Sen.

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