Engaging Native American Learners with Rigor and Cultural Relevance
In this brief, the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement presents three strategies to increase Native American student achievement and engagement. The strategies focus on: instructional practices, curriculum content, and school climate.
The authors illustrate each strategy with specific examples from schools supporting a large number of Native American students. Among the examples are the Kamehameha Early Education Program (Hawaii) focusing on early reading skills, Native language instruction in Denver Public Schools, and the Klamath-Trinity (California) college tour program.