Critics: Feds reopened tribal schools without asking or advising tribes. See more state education news here
By Calah Schlabach • Cronkite News
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers and tribal leaders berated the Bureau of Indian Education on (Sept. 10) for a school reopening plan that prioritizes in-person learning, despite tribes’ opposition to the plan in the face of COVID-19 health concerns.
When the BIE released its “Return to Learn!” plan in late August, it was “in effect doubling down on the very position that drew strong criticism from Indian Country in early August,” said Joe Garcia, co-chair of an education subcommittee for the National Congress of American Indians.
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