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Direct linkJefferies, Julián – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2014
Long-term ethnographic data on the daily lives of undocumented students, their teachers, and administrators reveal the effects of fear of deportation (De Genova, 2002) on the routine of a high school. Thirty years after "Plyler v. Doe" guaranteed the educational rights of undocumented students, this study finds many factors contributing…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Fear, Undocumented Immigrants, High School Students
Larkin, Heather D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Regular school attendance is a key contributor toward student success. Lack of attendance by its very nature removes the student from time on learning that is essential for academic success (Estridge, 2009). The reality is an absence, whether it is excused or not, means that a child is not in benefiting from educational opportunities on that day.…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Indicators, At Risk Students, Dropouts
Download full textCaven, Meghan; Checkoway, Amy; Gamse, Beth; Luck, Rachel; Wu, Sally – Abt Associates, 2012
This brief highlights key information about enrichment activities, which represent one of the main components of the Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative. Over time, the ELT initiative has supported over two dozen schools across the Commonwealth. A comprehensive evaluation of the ELT initiative found that implementation of the…
Descriptors: Enrichment, Enrichment Activities, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys
Montano, Esta W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Since 1966, the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO) has operated in suburban communities in Massachusetts as a voluntary desegregation program. In interviews, nine white educators revealed their perspectives of the METCO program in their district and discussed their beliefs about the ways that race and whiteness intersected…
Descriptors: Voluntary Desegregation, School Desegregation, Whites, Suburbs
Massachusetts Department of Education, 2008
The "Report to the Legislature on School Redesign: Expanding Learning Time to Support Student Success" is submitted to the Legislature pursuant to Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2007, Section 2, line item 7061-9412. The School Redesign: Expanded Learning Time (ELT) initiative began in FY 06 when planning grants were first included in the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Grants, School Schedules, Academic Achievement
Douglas, Joel M., Ed. – 1985
Issues concerning excellence in education and the 1985 strike at Yale University are considered in 27 conference papers. Topics include: a faculty and chancellor's perspectives on achieving excellence, employment discrimination, collective bargaining in community colleges, retirement issues, and campus bargaining and the law. Titles and authors…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collective Bargaining, College Administration, College Faculty
