Improving Indian schools should be a priority in Montana. UM Grant will help
| October 10, 2007 |  View for printing |
Among the depressing statistics about such problems on Montana Indian Reservations as crime, alcoholism and poverty, there is a particularly unhappy harbinger for the future: school drop-out rates on reservations are three times higher than in the rest of the state. Only a little over half of reservation students complete high school, far below the 80 percent rate for all Montana students.
Reasons for this are complex, but necessary changes must include a sufficient number of quality teachers who motivate their students and stick around to keep them motivated.
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