District of Despair: On a Montana Reservation, Schools Favor Whites Over Native Americans

[pazzyanne]

2. Systemic bias is never a good thing, and Betsy Devos is the wrong person...

to work on a plan to improve the learning environment in schools serving Native American kids. The struggle goes on, when it should have been dealt with in the long ago past. My Mom lived near an "open" Reservation in Minnesota. Listening to some of her friends discussing their Native American neighbors made my blood boil. I have friends who grew up on that reservation who are doing very well, but until prejudice is eliminated, and replaced with fact rather than speculation, improving the educational system in schools providing learning on/ near reservations will remain in the dark ages. Too bad that Betsy decided to "scale back" the Obama administrations efforts to improve the quality of education at local levels. Another thing for us to work on when we take back our legislative power. Need to work on that presidential take back so knowlegeable people can be appointed into leadership roles again.