Education

Bill Kidder Responds to Michigan’s Empirical Assertions in Coalition to Defend — American Indian UC Enrollment Highlighted

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here, via SCOTUSblog.

An excerpt:

With respect to American-Indian students, the percentage enrolled at the University of California was lower in 2012 than in 1996 on seven of nine campuses: Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara. In summary, even with the remarkable expansion of 72,000 seats (and a new campus) at UC during this span, the percentage of African- American and American-Indian students enrolled in the UC system was still lower in 2012 than it was in 1996.

New Scholarship: “The Academic Achievement of American Indians”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Stefanie Fischer and Christiana Stoddard will published “The Academic Achievement of American Indians” in Economics of Education Review.

Here is the abstract:

The academic achievement of American Indians has not been extensively studied. Using NAEP supplements, we find that the average achievement relative to white students resembles other disadvantaged groups. However, there are several differences. Family characteristics explain two times as much of the raw gap as for blacks. School factors also account for a larger portion of the gap than for blacks or Hispanics. The distribution is also strikingly different: low performing American Indian students have a substantially larger gap than high performing students. Finally, racial self-identification is more strongly related to achievement, especially as American Indian students age.

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Michael Olivas on Fisher v. Texas

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Poarch Creek Member Fined $1000 for Wearing Eagle Feather at Her High School Graduation

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here.

NPR On Sequestration and Navajo Schools

Kate Fort

Here.

Previous coverage here.

NYTs Article on Cherokee Professor who Overcame Addiction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

List of Law Schools that Regularly Offer Indian Law Courses

Matthew L.M. Fletcher6 Comments

Chi-miigwetch to Angelique EagleWoman and Micah Runnels at Idaho Law for putting together this spreadsheet — according to the info, 95 out of 202 law schools (47 percent) offer Indian law classes regularly.

Here is the excel spreadsheet:

Law Schools Offering Indian Law Course Regularly

And here is a pdf (not as pretty):

Law Schools Offering Indian Law Course Regularly

Supreme Court Denies Cert in Ward Churchill Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Petition here.

News coverage here and here.

Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Navajo’s Shiprock Schools’ Tribally Controlled Schools Act Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Shiprock Associated Schools Inc. v. United States (D. N.M.):

DCT Order Denying Federal Motion to Dismiss

Federal Motion to Dismiss

Shiprock Opposition

Federal Reply

An excerpt:

Defendants’ disallowance of the School’s administrative cost expenditures was based on an unreasonable and improper interpretation of the TCSA. Count I of the Complaint, which seeks relief from Defendants’ disallowance determination on the basis that it reflects an invalid interpretation of the TCSA, thus states a claim upon which relief can be granted. The remaining Counts of the Complaint, all of which are alleged in the alternative and necessarily depend upon a determination that Defendants’ interpretation of the TCSA was valid, are rendered moot by this Court’s decision.

Effect of Sequestration on Indian Schools

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here.