Funding increase raises hopes of boosting American Indian grad rate
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Only about half of Minnesota's American Indian students graduate in four years. It's a startling figure that the state has long struggled to improve.
But administrators now have a new burst of hope. It's tied to a major funding increase from the Legislature last week.
Lawmakers voted to more than double Minnesota's current investment in American Indian students in the special session that ended Saturday.
Danielle Grant is director of the Indian Education program at Minneapolis Public Schools. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with her.
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