Support and Strategies for Enriching Achievement of Native American Students. Information Request

Southeast Comprehensive Center. 440 Knox Abbott Drive Suite 200, Cayce, South Carolina 29033. Tel: 803-936-0750; Web site: https://southeast-cc.org/

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Department of Education (ED)

American Indian Students; Student Needs; Academic Support Services; Educational Policy; Graduation Rate; Dropout Prevention; Suspension; Advanced Placement; Extracurricular Activities; Family Involvement; Culturally Relevant Education; Small Group Instruction; Teamwork; Discipline; Social Justice; Expectation; Standards; Alaska Natives; Enrichment Activities

Alaska; Arizona; California; Colorado; Hawaii; Idaho; Minnesota; Montana; Nevada; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Oklahoma; Oregon; South Dakota; Washington

One of the states served by the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) requested the center's assistance in compiling information regarding educational support for Native American students. To obtain this information, SECC staff contacted 16 states that have state agency contacts for Indian Education and/or that indicate a population of more than 4,000 Native American (NA) students (U.S. Department of Education, 2008, 2014). The center requested the following from the 16 state departments of education (SDEs), with respect to Native American students: successful strategies and related policies that states, schools, and school districts have implemented to support and enrich academic performance, specifically to: (1) Improve graduation rates; (2) Reduce dropout rates; (3) Reduce student suspensions; (4) Increase enrollment in upper level high school courses; (5) Increase enrollment in extracurricular activities; and (6) Increase family engagement. This report begins with a discussion of the the procedures for selecting materials for this report, general limitations of the resources, details regarding the states' responses and summaries of the selected resources. Further discussion of state-based efforts to support Native American students and recommendations for enriching achievement of this student group occur in the references of this report. Resource summaries are also provided.

ERIC

2019

ED600862