{"id":33056,"date":"2023-10-17T19:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T23:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=33056"},"modified":"2023-10-18T10:01:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:01:38","slug":"department-of-education-awards-more-than-10-million-in-native-education-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2023\/10\/17\/department-of-education-awards-more-than-10-million-in-native-education-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Education awards more than $10 million in Native education grants"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Miguel<\/a>
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona appears at the Native language reception hosted by the National Indian Education Association in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2023. Photo: U.S. Department of Education<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Department of Education awards more than $10 million in Native education grants<\/div>\r\n
Tuesday, October 17, 2023<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe Department of Education<\/a> has awarded more than $10 million in grants to support Native languages, Native teachers and Native students.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAlmost $2.3 million was awarded as part of the Native American Language Resource Center Act<\/a>, a new federal law. The money will be used to establish four centers — three regional and one nation — that will support the preservation and use of Native languages in classrooms across the country.\r\n

<\/p> \r\nAnother $6.2 million was awarded for the Native American Teacher Retention Initiative<\/a>, another new program. They grants will be used to create leadership opportunities for Native teachers in 10 states and at the national level.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nFinally, nearly $1.7 million was awarded under the State Tribal Education Partnership<\/a> (STEP) program. The money supports tribal-state partnerships that will help address the needs of Native students in four states.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cOur efforts to Raise the Bar for academic achievement and support multilingual learners in tribal communities must include strengthening and revitalizing Native languages, and supporting the recruitment, retention, leadership, and empowerment of Native American educators,\u201d Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona<\/a> said in a news release<\/a> on Tuesday.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n \u201cThese grant funds will provide Native American students with greater opportunities to learn in inclusive environments that uplift their cultures, revitalize their languages, and ultimately, promote their academic success and wellbeing,” said Cardona, who took part in the \u201cFight for Our Freedoms” College Tour<\/a> with Vice President Kamala Harris in Arizona on Tuesday. “The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to ensuring Native American students have access to an inclusive and culturally affirming education that\u2019s also reflected in the teachers in their schools.\u201d\r\n

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