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Yazzie case :

Additional authors: Greyeyes, Wendy Shelly -- 1978- -- editor. | Lee, Lloyd L. -- 1971- -- editor. | Martinez, Glenabah -- editor.
Series: Studies in indigenous community building Published by : University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, New Mexico) Physical details: xx, 358 pages illustrations, map ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780826365088; 0826365086; 9780826365095.
Subject(s): Yazzie, Wilhelmina -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Educational equalization -- New Mexico. | Discrimination in education -- New Mexico. | Educational change -- New Mexico. | Culturally relevant pedagogy -- New Mexico. | Indians of North America -- Education -- New Mexico. | Culturally relevant pedagogy | Indians of North America -- Education | Trials | New Mexico -- Trials, litigation, etc. | New Mexico
Year: 2023
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sw 300 - 399 379.2609789 Yaz (Browse shelf) Available 116577

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
List of Illustrations
List of tables
Preface
Introduction
Part I. The Case
Part II. The response
Part III. The future
Appendix A
Appendix B
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index

"The story of Wilhelmina Yazzie and her son's effort to seek an adequate education in New Mexico schools revealed an educational system with poor policy implementation, inadequate funding, and piecemeal educational reform. The 2018 decision in the Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit proved what has always been known: the educational needs of Native American students were not being met. In this superb collection of essays, the contributors cover the background and significance of the lawsuit and its impact on racial and social politics. The Yazzie Case provides essential reading for educators, policy analysts, attorneys, professors, and students to understand the historically entrenched racism and colonial barriers impacting all Native American students in New Mexico's public schools. It constructs a new vision and calls for transformational change to resolve the systemic challenges plaguing Native American students in New Mexico's public education system"--

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