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Peer reviewedTrujillo, Octaviana V. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1998
Reviews the history of the Yaqui, first in Mexico, and then in Guadalupe (Arizona). Discusses the use of Yaqui, Spanish, and English within the community; community legal action against the school district over disproportionate special-education placements; resistance to school desegregation; a trilingual community school; and internal and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Community Schools
Download full textPETTY, PAUL V. – 1966
THE LABORATORY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PERFORM RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES DIRECTED TOWARD IMPROVING THE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF THE REGION'S MINORITY GROUPS (INDIANS, SPANISH AMERICANS, AND AGRICULTURAL MIGRANTS). INITIAL PROGRAM EFFORTS (JUNE-DECEMBER 1966) WILL CENTER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boards of Education, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged
Oklahoma Univ., Norman. Dept. of Geography. – 1969
The report of the independent evaluation of this EPDA Institute by the Southwestern Cooperative Educational Laboratory composed the body of this document. Several evaluation instruments were developed for pre-institute and post-institute administration: EPDA Geography Questionnaire, The Geography Content Test, and a History of Geography Test. A…
Descriptors: American Indians, Area Studies, Educational Needs, Environmental Education
Delany-Barmann, Gloria – 1997
A doctoral dissertation describes the needs, attitudes, and characteristics of 82 bilingual native speakers of Spanish in Arizona, most community college students, concerning their Spanish language education. Data were gathered using a survey, 14 interviews, observation in classroom and home environments, and four case studies. Results indicate…
Descriptors: Communication Apprehension, Community Colleges, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs
Tucson Public Schools, AZ. – 1976
The project was designed to accomplish three major goals: to broaden occupational understandings of pupils K-12, to expand employment opportunities of minority youth dropouts or potential dropouts, and to develop long-term cooperation and communication between the school and community employers or agencies. Major project accomplishments fell into…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Bilingual Education, Career Awareness, Career Counseling
Sen, Rinku; Fellner, Kim – Applied Research Center, 2005
Support in the United States for comprehensive sexuality education is overwhelming. Yet a small, vocal opposition and increasingly hostile public policy have deterred its implementation in many communities across the country. The chasm between community needs and public policy prompted the Ms. Foundation for Women and the David and Lucille Packard…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Sexuality, Community Needs, Sex Education
Powers, Stephen; Price-Johnson, Connie – Online Submission, 2007
Background: The Waterford Early Math & Science (WEMS) program is a comprehensive educational software program designed to build math and science skills and concepts in grades K-2, alone or to supplement existing curricula. The program's capability to individualize lessons, assess and track student progress, and reteach lessons is aimed at…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Heller, Celia S. – 1966
Studies of Mexican Americans, the third largest minority group, have resulted in an effort to understand them as well as to provide opportunity of exploring whether new trends have appeared among Mexican Americans. This fast-growing group has had a profound effect in settling the Southwest and has been the product of prejudice and discrimination…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Acculturation, Curriculum
Sosa, Alicia, Ed. – NABE News, 2001
This document contains the 2000-2001 issues of the "NABE News," a magazine about bilingual education. The theme of each issue is: (1) "Back to School: Anti-Bilingual Ballot Initiatives To Affect Thousands of LEP Students"; (2) "Serving Emerging Populations: School Districts Re-Tool To Respond to New Students' Needs";…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Christian, Donna; Mahrer, Cindy – 1992
The first annual supplement to the 1991-1992 directory of two-way bilingual education programs in the United States profiles new and some existing programs in which language-minority and language-majority children are instructed in and through both languages. this volume contains data on 25 programs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
de Campoy, Antonia – 1977
The Yaqui Parent Education Demonstration Project was founded in 1975 with the aid of Maricopa County Head Start in Guadalupe, Arizona, to help foster the continuation of the Yaqui language, history, and culture. With a 1-year grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare/Office of Child Development, organizers hired a coordinator,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Languages
Direct linkBeaudrie, Sara; Ducar, Cynthia – Heritage Language Journal, 2005
This paper addresses beginning level Spanish heritage language (SHL) learners' attitudes towards their language and culture. Heritage language (HL) programs and research have often overlooked beginning level learners, especially within university settings. The current study involved 20 participants from a beginning level SHL class in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Linguistic Borrowing, Heritage Education, Language Attitudes
Waits, Mary Jo; Campbell, Heather E.; Gau, Rebecca; Jacobs, Ellen; Rex, Tom; Hess, Robert K. – Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, 2006
Throughout Arizona and the Southwest, the odds are against high achievement in schools with a mostly Latino, mostly poor student enrollment. Some schools, however, "beat the odds" and achieve consistently high results or show steady gains. Why do these schools succeed where others fail? Using the methodology of business guru Jim Collins…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, High Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Enrollment
Carter, Thomas P. – 1979
There is no inherent conflict between bilingual education and desegregation; only lack of creativity and lack of commitment deter implementation of bilingual programs in racially balanced schools. A review of literature related to the Brown v. Board of Education and Lau v. Nichols decisions revealed that bilingual education and school…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Bilingual Education, Community Attitudes, Court Litigation
Powers, Stephen; Price-Johnson, Connie – Online Submission, 2006
Background: The Waterford Early Reading Program (WERP), a technology-based program for early elementary grades, was provided through Arizona all day kindergarten funds to kindergarten students in 15 Title I elementary schools in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) in the 2005-06 school year. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
