Drop Out Prevention (educ)

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Drop Out Prevention (educ)




The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the Arizona Department of
Education, in partnership with the White Mountain Apache Tribe and the
San Carlos
Apache Tribe, a $1.8 million grant for the Arizona Native American
Dropout
Prevention Initiative.
State schools superintendent Tom Horne said that Arizona was one of
only
four awardees nationwide to receive federal funding for reducing state
dropout
rates.
The Arizona Native American Dropout Initiative is to be a first-time
model
of comprehensive community collaboration in partnership with schools to
reduce
dropout rates in Native American reservation communities.
Dropout rates have been disproportionately higher in American Indian
communities, in Arizona and on a national level, as reported by the
National Center
for Education Statistics.
According to the Department of Education, the Arizona Native American
Dropout Prevention initiative will produce a national model of effective

collaboration between public schools, communities, and tribal

governments to create an
integrated support for students living in tribal communities.

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