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Missing school affects more than a student’s attendance record. It can hamper success in school and everything that comes after. The education advocacy group Attendance Works links chronic absenteeism to low graduation rates and reduced likelihood of entering college. The National Assessment of Education Progress finds Native American students have the highest rates of school absenteeism. Why are Native kids missing so many days of school? How can parents, teachers and schools get Native students back in classrooms?
Guests:
Yatibaey Evans (Ahtna, Athabaskan from the Village of Mentasta) -President Elect for the National Indian Education Association and the Alaska Native Education Program coordinator
Tana Atchley (Modoc and Paiute and enrolled at The Klamath Tribe) -Vice President of the Oregon Indian Education Association
Danielle Grant (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe) – Executive Director for the Educational and Cultural Services and Indian Education with Minneapolis Public Schools
Break music: Sisters (song) Tribe Called Red (artist) Nation II Nation (album)
