NEA Native American and Alaska Natives Issues Conference

Just got back from Raleigh, NC, where I presented 2 sessions giving an overview of the NEA program Cuture, Abilities, Resilience, Effort: Strategies to Close the Achievement Gaps. I really enjoyed the people attending the conference and found them to be engaged, insightful, and dedicated. Several discussions about cultural preconceptions and assumptions fit so well into the reading and thinking I've been doing about my upcoming trip to South Africa. "Cultural competency" sounds like a buzzword, but it is at the core of all that I believe as an educator. What a privilege it was to present at this conference!