Funds of Knowledge and Outcomes Among Native American Students

Introduction The Knowledge Fund (FoK) is shared knowledge of culture, community, and family. Part of sharing knowledge is languages, how we learn, how to communicate, and how to socialize. In order to teach students effectively, it is necessary to learn the skills that Native American students bring into the classroom and learn how to effectively build those skills (Aguirre et al., 2012). This is important to solve the current crisis in American Indian education.

Due to the gap of funds between Native American students and the general public, Native American needs are sustained and educational needs that are not satisfied are rising. Normally, BIA and tribal-operated schools use about 50% to 60% of funds for public school education, but the remainder need to be used to maintain school buildings. they are. Specifically, because the native American institution is the base of the federal trust, it is not subject to taxation to support higher education. In contrast, non indigenous community colleges receive large amounts of money from property tax.

Clearly, the academic outcomes of American Indians, Alaska Native Peoples and Hawaiian Indigenous students need citizen's attention. However, due to the low enrollment rate of Alaska Native Americans and Hawaiian indigenous students at many American Indian schools, the crisis gathered attention of the public and many policy-making bodies. However, damage to local students does not end with low test results. Efforts to help indigenous students succeed - National Core Group National Core Group 14 National Aboriginal Students to Help Success - National Congress National Core Team National Core Team