Native Americans in the School System

Family, Community, and Academic Achievement

von Carol J. Ward

282 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Carol Ward examines persistent dropout rates among Native American youth, which remain high despite overall increases in Native adult education attainment in the last twenty years. Focusing on the experiences of the Northern Cheyenne nation, she analyses historical, ethnographic, and quantitative data. This volume will be of use to policy makers, instructors of comparative education, Native American studies, sociology, and anthropology.

• Reihe: Contemporary Native American Communities
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Ethnic Studies / Ethnizität
• ISBN: 9780759106086
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.07.2005
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Altamira Press