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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED196588 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Indian Education: Selected Programs and Practices.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 43 p.; For related documents, see RC 012 401, RC 012
403-405 and ED 194 290.
AVAILABILITY: Publications Dept., Education Commission of
the States, Suite 300, 1860 Lincoln St., Denver, CO 80295
($3.00, $0.30 ea. additional copy).
ABSTRACT: On-site visits and surveys of parents and
students, as well as tribal, education, and government
officials were utilized to gather information regarding
selected Indian education programs and practices in Alaska,
Minnesota, Montana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota. Many local
and federally funded programs existed to provide Indian
students with a bilingual/bicultural atmosphere and aid in
the mastery of basic skills. Bilingual programs were
particularly numerous, but basic skills programs were less
so. Although Indian education curriculum development varied
greatly from state to state and locality to locality, many
school districts made concerted efforts to provide
counseling, tutoring, and retention programs to help Indian
students. Indians, however, felt that Indian-operated
programs and schools were more responsive than public
schools to the needs of Indian children. Indians supported
alternative programs (usually federally funded) such as
alternative K-12 schools, experimental "demonstration"
school models, BIA contract schools, and adult basic
education programs. Indian preference for teacher hiring
was rare in school districts with many Indian children and
active recruitment was infrequent. Cross-cultural training
was suggested for non-Indian teachers. Parental and
community involvement in Indian education programs was
emphasized by many school districts and states. Other
results concerned needs assessments, textbook selection,
and higher education. (SB)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; American-Indians;
Basic Skills; Community-Involvement; Counseling-Services;
Curriculum-Development; Elementary-Secondary-Education;
Higher-Education; Multicultural-Education; Parent
Participation; School-Holding-Power; Staff-Development;
Textbook-Selection
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *American-Indian-Education; *Bilingual
Education; *College-Programs; *Educational-Practices;
*Nontraditional-Education; *Program-Descriptions
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