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Author Ward, Carol Jane, 1951-

Title Native Americans in the school system : family, community, and academic achievement / Carol J. Ward.

Imprint Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  373.182997 W21n 2005    ---  Available
Description xiii, 267 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Contemporary Native American communities ; 16
Contemporary Native American communities ; v. 16.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-256) and index.
Contents American Indian high school completion : a contradiction in need of explanation -- Contributions of schooling and community research to an ecological approach to the study of school outcomes -- The Northern Cheyenne Reservation : the setting for an analysis of high school completion -- Case study approach and descriptive data -- Evaluating ecological models of school performance : the relative effects of individual, family, school, and community influences -- Evaluation of school dropout models -- Evaluating models of school performance and completion for Indian and white students at Colstrip High School -- Conclusion: Native capital and Northern Cheyenne dropout rates.
Subject Indians of North America -- Education (Secondary)
Indian students -- Social conditions.
Indian students -- Economic conditions.
High school students.
High school dropouts.
Education and state.
ISBN 0759106088 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780759106086 (cloth : alk. paper)
0759106096 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780759106093 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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