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| Yagi, Kan | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
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| New Mexico (Albuquerque) | 4 |
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| Indian Education Act 1972… | 7 |
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Yagi, Kan – 1984
The goal of the Indian Education Act Project (IEAP) is to increase and extend the education of American Indian youths so they can better cope with a highly technological society. Statistics have indicated drop-out rates of 40 to 50 percent among American Indians, a primary factor giving rise to the urgent need for supplemental educational services…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, Attendance Patterns, Basic Skills
Johns, Jennifer S. – 1984
The third year of Title IV-A Indian Education programs in Albuquerque, New Mexico, public schools saw fulfillment of some program objectives despite funding decreases, personnel cuts, and increased requests for remedial tutoring. Two tutors and a counselor tutored 15 middle school and 26 high school students from the Navajo community of Canoncito…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Cognitive Processes
Johns, Jennifer S. – 1985
The Title IV-A Indian Education Program in Albuquerque, New Mexico, public schools met program objectives despite funding decreases, personnel cuts, and increased requests for remedial tutoring. Two tutors, a volunteer, and a counselor tutored 35 middle and high school students from the Navajo community of Canoncito to improve/maintain academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Cognitive Processes
Download full textAlbuquerque Public Schools, NM. Planning, Research and Accountability. – 1987
Albuquerque (New Mexico) public schools used a Title IV Part A grant to improve academic and behavioral functioning of American Indian elementary and secondary school students. The program's focus was tutoring provided to 899 Indian students from Canoncito Navajo Reservation, the Isleta Pueblo, and the city. A project coordinator, a resource…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM. Planning, Research and Accountability. – 1986
Public schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico, used a Title IV Part A grant to assist American Indian elementary and secondary school students in receiving passing grades and improving school-related behaviors. Canoncito Navajo Reservation, the Isleta Pueblo, and urban Indian students in Albuquerque participated in the program. Personnel consisted of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1984
The text of the general oversight hearings on the Indian Education Act contains letters, statements, and supplementary materials from representatives of Indian groups and schools. Prepared statements by the National Congress of American Indians and individuals from schools serving Indian students praise the Title IV program and protest the…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Educational Assessment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1983
The Indian education oversight hearing of May 18 and 19, 1982, focused on federal responsibility for the education of Indians; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) education services (including BIA elementary and secondary schools and contract schools); proposed transfer of the Indian Education Act, Title IV, program from the Department of Education to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Boarding Schools
