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Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Kane, Britnie Delinger, Ed.; Cheek, Earl H., Jr., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
Educators increasingly recognize the importance of disciplinary literacy for student success, beginning as early as the primary grades. This cutting-edge volume examines ways to help K-12 students develop the literacy skills and inquiry practices needed for high-level work in different academic domains. Chapters interweave research, theory, and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Teaching Methods
Brion-Meisels, Gretchen, Ed.; Fei, Jessica Tseming, Ed.; Vasudevan, Deepa Sriya, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
"At Our Best: Building Youth-Adult Partnerships in Out-of-School Time Settings" brings together the voices of over 50 adults and youth to explore both the promises and challenges of intergenerational work in out-of-school time (OST) programs. Comprised of 14 chapters, this book features empirical research, conceptual essays, poetry,…
Descriptors: Adults, Youth, Role, Activism
D'Arcy, Kate – Trentham Books, 2014
Elective home education (EHE) is a legal alternative to school in England but the statutory requirements for provision are remarkably vague. This book explores the use of EHE by Gypsy and Traveller families. The accounts of their experiences and their views about education spaces reveal the racism and discrimination their children encounter in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Minority Groups, Racial Bias
Meiners, Erica R., Ed.; Quinn, Therese, Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
With germinal texts, new writings, and related art, "Sexualities in Education: A Reader" illuminates a broad scope of analysis and organization. Composed of a framing essay and nine sections edited by established and emerging scholars and addressing critical topics for researchers and students of sexualities and education, the text…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Sex Education, Citizenship, Intimacy
Yiakoumetti, Androula, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2012
This volume brings together research carried out in a variety of geographic and linguistic contexts including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States and explores efforts to incorporate linguistic diversity into education and to "harness" this diversity for learners' benefit. It challenges the largely…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Language Planning, Pidgins, Creoles
Lefkowits, Laura; Woempner, Carolyn; Kendall, John; Frost, David – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2009
This document is one of eight reports prepared to support the development of a new learning system, a development effort that is the first step in a major initiative undertaken by the Stupski Foundation. The Foundation endeavors to improve the life options of all students, especially underserved urban youth of color, whom we refer to as "Our…
Descriptors: Urban American Indians, Minority Group Students, At Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Moore, Laurie; Rease, David; Barker, Jane – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2009
This document is one of eight reports prepared to support the development of a new learning system, a development effort that is the first step in a major initiative undertaken by the Stupski Foundation. This document synthesizes recent research and theoretical literature on effective strategies for supporting urban, underserved students'…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Minority Group Students, At Risk Students
Goodwin, Bryan; McIver, Monette; Snyder, Chris; Ryan, Susan – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 2009
This document is one of eight reports prepared to support the development of a new learning system, a development effort that is the first step in a major initiative undertaken by the Stupski Foundation. The Foundation endeavors to improve the life options of all students, especially underserved urban youth of color by fundamentally redesigning…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Minority Group Students, At Risk Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Park, Clara C., Ed.; Goodwin, A. Lin, Ed.; Lee, Stacey J., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2003
This anthology is the second volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group-Research on the education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG-REAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and California Association for Asian and Pacific American Education. The series intends to be a national voice for the education of Asian and…
Descriptors: Pacific Americans, Asian American Students, Educational Research, Ethnicity
Everett, Melissa – Graduating Engineer, 1986
About 50 students from six Boston area high schools participated in the summer Massachusetts Pre-College Engineering Program (MassPep) at the Northeastern University campus in Boston. The program is designed to guide talented minority students toward college and technical fields. A description of the program is provided. (JN)
Descriptors: Engineering, Engineering Education, High Schools, Higher Education
Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C. – 1997
This directory is a reference for students and faculty to learn about extracurricular mathematics-based intervention projects. The individual projects are directed for the most part by collegiate mathematicians and held on their campuses. The "Strengthening Underrepresented Minority Mathematics Achievement" (SUMMA) Consortium of the…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Strategies, Enrichment Activities, Higher Education
Riggins, Toija A.; Frierson, Henry T., Jr. – 1996
This study focuses on a 10-week program called the Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience (SPGRE) Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The SPGRE has been in place for six years; it is designed to reinforce and promote graduate study through participation in directed and often on-going faculty research projects. Students are…
Descriptors: Black Students, Higher Education, Mentors, Minority Groups
Powers, Richard B. – 1999
The game described in this booklet is designed to broaden the players' perspectives on human diversity and to help them appreciate and value people of different backgrounds. In the game, players are asked to select the best candidates for an interplanetary mission on the basis of certain characteristics. Making the selections reveals stereotypes…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
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Gilroy, Marilyn, Ed.; Duggan, Amelia, Ed. – Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 1996
This document consists of all of volume 6 (26 issues) of the serial "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education," a biweekly journal which addresses issues in higher education for Hispanic Americans. Each issue presents four feature articles, a policy update called "Outlook on Washington" and several opinion pieces. Feature…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
Vasquez, James A.; And Others – 1983
This annotated bibliography on values of ethnic minorities in the United States contains one hundred entries from various sources, mostly research and educational journals. It is intended to assist researchers, teachers, school administrators, and students to understand how some American minorities function within their own cultures and societies.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans, Blacks
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