Undocumented Immigrants

Stop Pushing Girls Out of the Classroom and Just 'Let Her Learn'

Every day girls are being pushed out of the classroom. Some of them are unseen. Many of them are unheard. And too often they are victims of discrimination and untreated trauma. About a year ago the...

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Community

I'm Becoming a Doctor So I Can Go Back Home and Serve the Navajo Nation

I’m wrapping up my first year of medical school and while it’s been pretty hard, it’s all going to be worth it when I can return to the Navajo Nation, and serve the community where I grew up. I want...

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Achievement Gap

Coffee Break: BIE's Brad Jupp on Native American Education, Embracing Tribal Culture and Sharing Stories of Hope

Brad Jupp is a former teacher with the Denver Public Schools who worked in the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama administration. More recently he has become the Chief School...

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Native American Heritage Month

I'm Fed Up With the Dakota Access Pipeline So My School Helped Me Write a Speech About It

Christina Torres was inspired to write this speech on the Dakota Access Pipeline after completing coursework influenced by the Common Core State Standards at the Academy for Global Citizenship. Click...

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Native American Heritage Month

That’s Great to 'Reimagine' High School, Meanwhile Our Native American Schools Are Crumbling

I was thrilled to read about XQ: The Super School Project, the kind of movement it will create, the opportunities it will provide to students in our high schools, and the impact such schools will...

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Teaching

Our Native American Students Need to See Themselves in What We Teach

It’s a weekday in mid-September, and most of the students on my reservation are out of school for the day. This free time for students is business as usual for teachers and administrators, who honor...

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