Urban American Indians "Dropping" Out of Traditional High Schools: Barriers &amp; Bridges to Success

Jeffries, Rhonda; Nix, Mary; Singer, Carson

doi:10.1353/hsj.2002.0004

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“…ISSN 2162-6952 2013 Researchers increasingly depict students who leave school without a diploma as pushouts instead of dropouts (Darling-Hammond, 2006;Wehlage, 1986), seeking to add the voices and experiences of students (i.e., Jeffries, Nix, & Singer, 2002) to the numerous analyses of the number of students who leave each year (Hall, 2005). One consequence of the broadening of the research is the recognition of the role of supportive teachers (Fall & Roberts, 2012) and the importance of students' sense of school belonging (Benner, Graham, & Mistry, 2008) to students' ability to persist until graduation.…”

Section: Journal Of Studies In Educationmentioning

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Teachers’ Perceptions of High School Dropout and Their Role in Dropout Prevention: An Initial Investigation

Knesting-Lund

Reese

Boody³

2013

JSE

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Though students at-risk for school dropout appear to recognize the important contribution of teachers to students' persistence to graduation, it is unclear if teachers are equally aware of their empowering influence. Gaining a better understanding of teachers' beliefs about dropout is important to continued efforts to develop interventions that effectively support students to graduation. This article describes the results of a pilot study that surveyed 95 high school teachers from a Midwestern school district about their perceptions of school dropout, along with their perception of teachers' role in supporting students' school completion. Teachers perceptions of the causes of dropout tended to focus on factors outside of their control. Factors that support strong student-teacher relationships were more moderately rated as contributing to dropout. A quarter of the teachers reported that they had only limited influence on students' decisions to stay in or dropout of school.

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Section: Journal Of Studies In Educationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teachers’ Perceptions of High School Dropout and Their Role in Dropout Prevention: An Initial Investigation

Knesting-Lund

Reese

Boody³

2013

JSE

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“…Based on these factors, American Indian students have become a matter of academic concern across the nation (House, 2003;Sutliff, 1996). They are the most underserved population (Powers, Potthoff, Bearinger, & Resnick, 2003), have the lowest rates of academic achievement and educational success (Sherman, 2002;Weaver, 2000;Willeto, 1999), have the highest dropout rate of all racial/ethnic groups (Cleary & Peacock, 1998;Gallagher, 2000;Jeffries, Hollowell, & Powell, 2004;Jeffries, Nix, & Singer, 2002), and are underrepresented in the literature (Demmert, Grissmer, & Towner, 2006;Taylor, 2001).…”

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Working With American Indian Students and Families

Pewewardy

Fitzpatrick

2009

Intervention in School and Clinic

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Although most American Indian students are educated in the public school system, there is limited literature regarding (a) how general and special educators can effectively meet the unique educational needs of these students or (b) what strategies educators can use while working with their families. Additionally, there are limited resources available regarding how American Indians view special education, disability issues, and the relationship between school and family. The worldview of American Indians differs from mainstream America, which has led to the overrepresentation of American Indian students in special education programs. This article provides culturally responsive research-based practices to help foster school and family relationships and improve the educational outcomes of American Indian students.

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Overt Perceived Discrimination and Racial Microaggressions and their Association with Health Risk Behaviors among a Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents

Dickerson¹,

Brown

Klein

et al. 2019

J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

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Urban American Indians "Dropping" Out of Traditional High Schools: Barriers & Bridges to Success

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Teachers’ Perceptions of High School Dropout and Their Role in Dropout Prevention: An Initial Investigation

Teachers’ Perceptions of High School Dropout and Their Role in Dropout Prevention: An Initial Investigation

Working With American Indian Students and Families

Overt Perceived Discrimination and Racial Microaggressions and their Association with Health Risk Behaviors among a Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Adolescents

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