ALBUQUERQUE, NM In-depth report released today by the Tribal Education Alliance (TEA) calls for a dramatic change in course to close the equity gap faced by Native children. The report says that New Mexico’s education system is unjust and inequitable, depriving Native children of important educational opportunities.
The TEA is a coalition of tribal education leaders, experts, and advocates, including the Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School and the University of New Mexico Native American Budget and Policy Institute.
“The state has a moral and legal obligation to transform education, which requires a shift in approach, not in rhetoric,” said Regis Pecos, Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute Co-Director and former Governor of Cochiti Pueblo. “The path we take after the landmark Yazzie/Martinez court decision will determine what future generations inherit from us. The struggle for the education of our children is a struggle for the survival of Indig