Newsletter Highlights- March 2010
CNE Monthly Conference Call
- Wednesday March 17, 9:00am PST
Please note that the Center for Native Education will host monthly information-sharing conference calls between Willie Wolf, CNE Director, & the Early Colleges in our network. All site coordinators are urged to participate in the monthly conference calls.
To join the dialogue, call: 1-866-453-5550, and enter PIN found in the newsletter PDF when prompted. The goal of these monthly phone meetings is to make the Center for Native Education a more cohesive unit, where we all work – and learn – together. Please make it a priority to take part in these discussions.
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News Notes!
- Graduating America: Meeting the Challenge of Low Graduation-Rate High Schools
"While high schools with low graduation rates exist in every state and many communities across the country, they are concentrated in a subset of 17 states that produce approximately 70 percent of the nation's dropouts. Data from these states are used to develop new analytic tools for examining the characteristics of schools, districts, and states that make certain approaches more likely to succeed in certain places. Immediate federal action would make a significant difference in efforts to help hundreds of thousands more high school students earn a diploma and prepare for postsecondary education. The report's authors make recommendations to the federal government.
- Innovations in College Readiness: How Early College Schools are Preparing Students Underrepresented in Higher Education for College Success
"Despite the need to increase the educational levels of all Americans, educational inequities persist. National assessments continue to show persistent gaps in K-12 school achievement by race, ethnicity, and income. About 65 percent of low-income students complete high school, compared with 91 percent of middle- and upper-income students. Young people from the middle and upper ends of the socioeconomic scale are almost five times more likely to earn a two-year or four-year college degree than those from low-income families. Innovations in College Readiness describes a young national effort—the Early College High School Initiative—that in seven years has made headway in contesting those trends. The initiative has done so by focusing on the same challenge President Obama enunciated: getting more students prepared for and successfully completing postsecondary education..."
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Spring Conference in Albuquerque, NM
The spring conference will take place at Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, NM on April 19‐20.
Attendees will arrive April 18 and depart on April 20. You will book your own travel arrangements and be reimbursed by CNE. Sessions will end by 4:00 pm on the 20th, so book your flight home with that in mind.
CNE will fund two representatives from each school to attend. Schools are welcome to send more than two representatives, but they must pay their own way.
PLEASE RSVP as soon as possible with the names of your representatives! We need to know by March 17!
Responses (RSVPs) can be e‐mailed Rebecca Reilly, the program assistant, at rreilly@antioch.edu.
Overview of Agenda:
4/19 CNE overview
Best practices panel
Evergreen State Native Case Studies
4/20 Dr. Dean Chavers on sustainability
Kim Truong from JFF on using data to leverage resources
Schools share success stories in sustainability.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Letter from the Director
Hi Everyone:
The Center for Native Education has been very busy with visiting the sites, providing support to the schools and coordinating some of the upcoming events including the spring conference and we are very excited about the teacher training which will occur in August. This month will mark the sixth month since I came aboard. I am starting to feel more and more comfortable with the position and I am truly inspired by all the success stories of students I hear about on a daily basis.
Dawn and I have been to almost all the sites since I came aboard in October. We only have Effie Kokrine and Chicago Blackhawk Academy to go. It is very valuable when we come onsite because we are able to observe what is working and what some of your unmet needs are by hearing directly from staff, students, parents and community members.
It seems that every time we visit a site we get a new idea for how to improve the overall quality of education you are providing to the students. For example, on one of our trips someone suggested that the schools visit other sites to share information and to strengthen the partnerships that we have established. As a result we have been able to make this reality for the first time next year and we will share more about this at the spring conference.
As noted above, the spring conference is coming up which will be held at the Hard Rock Hotel at Isleta Pueblo just south of Albuquerque on April 19- 20. This is an excellent opportunity for you to find out more about what is going on in the other Early College High Schools and new resources that can help your school to be even more effective in all areas. The focus this spring will be on sustainability since a number of you wanted the Center for Native Education to address this area.
On behalf of the Center for Native Education I want you all to know that we are your biggest fans. We laud the incredible hard work that you do every day, your commitment to Indian education and for helping create a successful environment where our students can fully develop their potential. Many of our students are learning how to soar like Eagles and we want them to continue on this path and even reach greater heights.
Mitakuye Oyasin, All My Relations
Willie Wolf
Director, Center for Native Education, Antioch University
The Center Welcomes Rebecca Reilly
Rebecca Reilly has come on board as the new program assistant at the Center for Native Education. She will be working with Dawn and Director Wolf to improve, expand, and streamline the Early College High School program as much as possible.
Becca has just returned from teaching math and science in Lesotho, Africa for two years for the Peace Corps. Prior to that she worked as an educator at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.
Becca is very passionate about bringing education and postsecondary opportunities to underserved communities, and is very excited to be involved with the Early College High School Initiative.
She looks forward to meeting (or emailing, or speaking) to all of you!
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