The U.S. Department of Education will be holding several Listening and Learning sessions in urban Indian communities in spring 2011. The second urban Indian Listening and Learning session with Indian community and tribal leaders and Native student-serving representatives will be held April 26, 2011, in Green Bay, WI, at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center from 9:00 am CST to 4:00 pm CST.

Additional sessions will be held in Stockton, CA May 6, 2011, and in Los Angeles, CA May 9, 2011, locations TBD.

These Listening and Learning sessions in urban Indian communities are a follow-up to a series of 2010 Tribal leader consultations that were conducted in Anchorage, AK; Santa Clara Pueblo, NM; Shawnee, OK; Pine Ridge, SD; Window Rock, AZ; and Puyallup, WA.

The session will provide you with an opportunity to voice your thoughts and engage in dialogue with senior officials from the Department. The Department is committed to moving forward in Indian education and anticipates that interactions among Tribal, State, and Local officials, Indian education stakeholders, and the Department will lead to a more effective education policy.

To register please visit: www.edtribalconsultations.org.

For more information on the Department’s series of 2010 tribal consultations, visit http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/indianed/docs.html.

To submit written comments on Indian education or education matters more generally, e-mail TribalConsultation@ed.gov.