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Rittberger, Stephenie; Monczunski, Julia – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2020
After tracking barriers of adult education learners pursuing their GED®, the Career Learning Center of the Black Hills (CLCBH) found that high rates of poverty, homelessness, unemployment, and other trauma-related experiences led to an ongoing sense of helplessness and despair among many of our adult learners, in particular Native American…
Descriptors: Trauma, Labor Force Development, Adult Students, American Indian Students
McGregor, Heather Elizabeth – Canadian Journal of Education, 2013
Recognizing that educational change in Nunavut has not been extensively documented, this article provides an entry point for considering how Nunavut can be better understood and situated with scholarship on Indigenous education in Canada. Comparing the history of education in Nunavut with key turning points in First Nations education, the article…
Descriptors: Eskimos, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Indigenous Populations
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Ruby Takanishi; Suzanne Le Menestrel – National Academies Press, 2017
Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national challenge with consequences both for individuals and for American society. Despite their linguistic, cognitive, and social potential, many ELs--who account for more than 9 percent of enrollment in grades K-12 in U.S. schools--are struggling to meet the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingualism, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education