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Torrez, J. Estrella – Multicultural Education, 2014
A brief sketch, as provided by the 2010 Michigan Migrant Head Start Community Assessment, describes Michigan migrant students in the following terms: (1) approximately 17.5% are high school graduates; (2) 92.46% live in homes where Spanish is the preferred language; and (3) 93.3% live below the poverty line. These circumstances create a…
Descriptors: Migrants, Migrant Children, Migrant Education, Spanish Speaking
Anderson, Susan M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether asking third grade students in one school district in the Metro Detroit area to draw a picture of a narrative story idea before writing about it would improve the points earned on the Michigan standardized writing assessment (MEAP test). One half, or four out of eight, of the…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Grade 3, Personal Narratives, Writing Tests
Kalec, Ann W. – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2004
In the summer of 1998, this author was appointed Principal at Cooper Elementary, one of 21 elementary schools in the Livonia Public Schools' district, the 5th largest district in the state of Michigan. Like many first-year principals, she was full of fresh ideas, lofty goals and endless enthusiasm to inspire students, staff and parents. Her…
Descriptors: Beginning Principals, Elementary Schools, School Districts, School Administration