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Sierk, Jessica – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
In mainstream discourse, rural generally implies white, while urban signifies not-white. However, what happens when "rural" communities experience demographic change? This paper examines how students from a rural, New Latino Diaspora community in a Midwestern state complicate traditional notions of rurality. Data from participant…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Participant Observation, Hispanic American Students, Interviews
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Wade, Oscar Syed – Online Submission, 2017
The United States continues to evolve as a divided collection of states, divided by class and race. Despite public policy, legislation and even social unrest, the cycle continues to roll over those disenfranchised populations. This essay is a reflection of the Los Angeles poverty trap, yet applicable to the perpetual poverty faces by blacks and…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Poverty, Minority Groups, Racial Bias
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Hewitt, Amy; Hall-Lande, Jennifer; Hamre, Kristin; Esler, Amy N.; Punyko, Judy; Reichle, Joe; Gulaid, Anab A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The current study presents results from an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) public health surveillance project conducted in Minneapolis. The study was designed to compare ASD prevalence in Somali children (ages 7-9) to that of non-Somali children. The study adapted methodology used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Autism and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Incidence