Draft Report on Reorganization of Bureau of Indian Education

Here.

an excerpt:

After several discussions with tribal leaders regarding systemic issues within the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), in September 2013, Secretary of the Interior Jewell and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appointed the American Indian Education Study Group (Study Group) to diagnose the causes of chronic academic failure in BIE-funded schools, one of the lowest-performing set of schools in the country. Charged with developing and implementing recommendations to transform the BIE, the make-up of the Study Group combines management, legal, education, and tribal expertise and ensures that the Study Group’s recommendations are grounded in a comprehensive, institutional understanding of how schools work, how effective teaching and learning occur, and American Indian affairs.