Education Strides by Jill Docter

I enjoyed chapter ten on education. Tribal schools on reservations range from Head Start programs to vocational community colleges and every school in between. The Bureau of Indian Affairs funds K through 12 schools in four tribes. When examining colleges available specifically for Native Americans, vocational community colleges are the norm. In my opinion, we are limiting them by mainly providing community colleges. I think Native Americans should be encouraged to complete a Bachelors degree. The barrier prohibiting them from this could be finances. Scholarships are plentiful, but more could always be implemented.
High school systems are in need of improvement still. The drop-out rates are much higher for Natives than for white kids. Sometimes, the students aren’t able to go in order to work to provide for their families which is unfortunate. The funding and support for quality education is available from the Casinos, tribal, state, and federal governments. So far, Native Americans are beginning to trust the public schools. I think this shows large amounts of progress, and I believe more strides are in progress.