US: Weighing the candidates' Native education platforms

[Francis Hult]

Via lgpolicy...
 

Weighing the candidates' Native education platforms
Posted: August 18, 2008
by: Rob Capriccioso


WASHINGTON - Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama, the presumptive
Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, respectively, both
say they care a lot about education. But how do they stack up when it
comes to issues that affect Native students?
At a meeting hosted by the New American Foundation in late July,
officials with the National Indian Education Association got a chance
to ask a campaign adviser from each campaign about their
Native-focused education policies.  Saying that the education of
Indian students often acts as a ''canary in the coal mine'' for the
state of education, NIEA High School Policy Initiative Coordinator
Kerry Venegas asked the advisers to comment on their candidate's
policies on Native education, especially given that the national
graduation rate for Native students is less than 50 percent.


Full story:
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417977


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