| Primary School | High School | College | Teachers | Curriculum |
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More than 250,000 Native Americans attend school from ages 5-18.
How many Native Americans attend school?
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183 primary and secondary schools controlled by the Bureau of Indian education
About how many schools are there?
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About 152,000 Native Americans go to college.
About how many students are in each college?
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They need at least a bachelor's degree in education.
Do they need the same amount of college to teach?
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Right now people in charge of education are working on trying to update the curriculum.
How often is the curriculum updated?
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California
What state has the highest number of Native American kids in primary school?
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65%
What is the graduation rate of Native Americans?
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California
What state has the highest rate of graduation for a Native American student?
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$27.79 per hour
What is the average pay rate of a teacher that works for the BIE?
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Yes in at least 45 states
Do they have a common core program?
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No, most students have less than a basic understanding of what they need to know from the lack of resources that they have.
Do kids often come to school in higher grades not knowing the basics?
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Yes and No, depending on the school.
Do they strictly get taught education material or some life material also?
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13%
What is the average graduation rate of Native Americans in college?
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There are about 37 students per 1 teacher
What is the ratio of teacher to student?
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Most of the time, the curriculum is changed so the materials need to be renewed also.
In the book, Junior had the same book his mom used. Is that still common today?
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Most students get below-average scores.
What kind of scores does the average Native American student in primary school get?
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They get below-average scores.
What is the average score (below or high) of a Native American high school student?
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17%
What percent of Native Americans go to college?
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Most teachers are predominantly white although the second leading race is Native American.
Is it more likely for a teacher to be a Native American or someone from another race?
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The curriculum is changed whenever there is a big update so about every 3-7 years.
How often is the curriculum changed or updated?
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The ratio of males to females is 30:32
Are there more boys or girls in a school run by the BIE? (ratio)
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184 schools
How many different Native American high schools and primary schools are there controlled by the BIE?
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Most Native American college students regularly receive below-average grades.
What is the average score of a Native American college student?
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Depending on the size of the school, there are about 5-15 staff members
About how many teachers are there per school?
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Schools have to abide by most benchmarks but most schools have their own benchmarks they make for themselves.
Do they have to abide by the state benchmarks?
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