Lessons Lost

How Federal Schools Are Failing Native American Students

More than 40,000 Native American students in schools run by the Bureau of Indian Education aren’t getting the education the federal government promised.

5 stories published since 2020

The Bureau of Indian Education Hasn’t Told the Public How Its Schools Are Performing. So We Did It Instead.

by Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic, and Agnel Philip, ProPublica

June 9, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
How We Analyzed the Performance of Bureau of Indian Education Schools

by Agnel Philip, ProPublica, and Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic

June 9, 2021, 4:49 am EDT
The Federal Government Promised Native American Students Computers and Internet. Many Are Still Waiting.

by Alden Woods, Arizona Republic

September 28, 2020, 2:01 pm EDT
The Federal Government Gives Native Students an Inadequate Education, and Gets Away With It

by Alden Woods, Arizona Republic

August 6, 2020, 9:00 am EDT
A School on Navajo Nation Stayed Open. Then People Started Showing Symptoms.

by Alden Woods, The Arizona Republic

April 7, 2020, 3:37 pm EDT