The public school district in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has been awarded a $1.2. million Department of Education grant to improve Indian student graduation rates.
The grant will fund College PREP (Personalized Resources and Education Pathways). The program provides mentoring and support services to Indian students in the district.
"There won't be a single kid who drops out of school and people don't notice," Danielle Grant, the Minneapolis school's director of Indian education, told The Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Only about 44 percent of Indian students in the district finish high school.
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(The Minneapolis Star Tribune 12/15)
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