White House Report Says That Native American Education Is In 'State Of Emergency'

[Lakhota]

The White House on Wednesday released a report outlining the current state of education for Native American students, bleakly declaring that "Native youth -- and Native education -- are in a state of emergency."

The report, titled "2014 Native Youth Report," accompanied an announcement from President Barack Obama that the administration is launching an initiative to increase opportunities for Native American youth, called Generation Indigenous.

Ahniwake Rose, executive director for the National Indian Education Association, called the White House's new initiative and report "unprecedented," noting that "this is the first time that a sitting president has talked about Indian education since Kennedy."

Still, Rose told The Huffington Post that the president's efforts are just an important first step, and significant progress needs to be made. The White House report offers some reasons for this needed progress, and paints a dim picture of the current status of education for Native American students.

Here are four key findings from the report on the current state and history of Native American education:

More: White House Report Says That Native American Education Is In 'State Of Emergency'

Thank you, President Obama!

 

[Mr. H.]

Must be that Common Core shit that everyone else is struggling with.

 

[SmarterThanTheAverageBear]

The White House on Wednesday released a report outlining the current state of education for Native American students, bleakly declaring that "Native youth -- and Native education -- are in a state of emergency."

The report, titled "2014 Native Youth Report," accompanied an announcement from President Barack Obama that the administration is launching an initiative to increase opportunities for Native American youth, called Generation Indigenous.

Ahniwake Rose, executive director for the National Indian Education Association, called the White House's new initiative and report "unprecedented," noting that "this is the first time that a sitting president has talked about Indian education since Kennedy."

Still, Rose told The Huffington Post that the president's efforts are just an important first step, and significant progress needs to be made. The White House report offers some reasons for this needed progress, and paints a dim picture of the current status of education for Native American students.

Here are four key findings from the report on the current state and history of Native American education:

More: White House Report Says That Native American Education Is In 'State Of Emergency'

Thank you, President Obama!

Maybe injuns should stop drinking and get on down to their school board meetings and vote to do something about it.

 

[ScienceRocks]

Who's fault is it? I say the fault lies on them.

 

[Blackrook]

Right, because the Indians have done so well relying on the promises of the federal government.

 

[Tom Sweetnam]

Maybe it's time for reservation schools to start teaching in English instead of Navajo. And maybe it's time for white liberal academics to bugger off, and to stop trying to keep Native Americans in the Stone Age.

 

[The Rabbi]

I guess the administration wrung out all the outrage they could in the black community so now time to fire up another minority to deflect from their gross policy failures on every front.

 

[hipeter924]

The government education is always going to be a problem, especially when it comes to politics.

You aren't going to get info on Woodrow Wilson's racist attitudes towards native Americans.

You aren't going to learn how the government robbed them of their native lands, and only gave them a few reservations and casinos in return for losing virtually everything.

Nah, you are going to get a fairytale white wash, and maybe a disney Pocahontas film. Indians are still pissed, and who can blame them.

 

[ScienceRocks]

The government education is always going to be a problem, especially when it comes to politics.

You aren't going to get info on Woodrow Wilson's racist attitudes towards native Americans.

You aren't going to learn how the government robbed them of their native lands, and only gave them a few reservations and casinos in return for losing virtually everything.

Nah, you are going to get a fairytale white wash, and maybe a disney Pocahontas film. Indians are still pissed, and who can blame them.

So they should remain in the 14th century? Why can't they learn like everyone else and stop being pissed. Oh'that would go against your fucking narrative. Eat shit.

I am part native and I love learning.

 

[blackhawk]

Maybe Harry Reid and the Democrats should have focused on this instead of trying force the Washington Redskins to change their name.

 

[Lakhota]

Maybe Harry Reid and the Democrats should have focused on this instead of trying force the Washington Redskins to change their name.

Unlike Bush - they can multitask (that means walk and chew gum at the same time).

 

[blackhawk]

Maybe Harry Reid and the Democrats should have focused on this instead of trying force the Washington Redskins to change their name.

Unlike Bush - they can multitask (that means walk and chew gum at the same time).

They spent two years on Obamacare at the exclusion of all else so clearly they can't and thanks to the musings of one Jonathon Gruber we know they could not even be honest about it. And after all that the law has an approval rating of 37%.

 

[The Rabbi]

Maybe Harry Reid and the Democrats should have focused on this instead of trying force the Washington Redskins to change their name.

Unlike Bush - they can multitask (that means walk and chew gum at the same time).

The facts here say otherwise.

 

[Vigilante]

 

[whitehall]

Is this a situation that developed since the last mid-term election or was it a problem for the last six years?

 

[The Rabbi]

Is this a situation that developed since the last mid-term election or was it a problem for the last six years?

It developed since the last public opinion poll.