Native American Students Flag Holes in Instruction

[Francis Hult]

Education Week

 

Native American Students Flag Holes in Instruction

 

Fewer than a third of children who identify themselves as American Indian or Alaska Native say that they know "a lot" about their tribe or group, according to a study on the teaching of Native American culture and language released today by a branch of the U.S. Department of Education. 

 

A significant number of children who are classified as American Indian or Alaska Native by their schools-26 percent of 4th graders and 17 percent of 8th graders-don't even consider themselves to have those identities, the Institute of Education Sciences study found. 

 

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