Keith Moore has been named the the state Indian education coordinator for the Department of Education. Some of his goals include improving the attendance, graduation rates and test scores at the states predominantly Native American Schools.
In particular I like Moore's suggestion that schools should "integrate more American Indian history and culture into the school curriculum" in an effort to keep Native American Students interested in school. I would take this an extra step though. I wish all schools would do a better job of educating students in South Dakota about Native American history and culture. When I was in high school my history teacher taught us about Native American history as a part of the South Dakota history requirement, which must be met according to state law. I think if more schools made the effort that my teacher did to make sure we learned about all of South Dakota's history including Native American history everyone would benefit.
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