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Connery, M. Cathrene – Peter Lang New York, 2011
How do young children learn to read, write, speak, and listen in two languages? How do emergent readers and writers make meaning within multilingual communities? This book examines the emergent biliteracy development of two kindergarteners growing up in a New Mexican neighborhood. Using ethnographic accounts, the book portrays the familial,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Psychology, Multilingualism, Emergent Literacy
LLamas, Vicente J. – 1999
The Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico-Rural Systemic Initiative (UCAN-RSI) supports systemic improvement in science, technology, and mathematics education for all rural students in the four states, focusing on schools that enroll large numbers of American Indian and Hispanic students. This document contains a report on UCAN's 4th year (September…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Annual Reports, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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De Leon, Jozi; Argus-Calvo, Beverley; Medina, Catherine – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1997
A rural New Mexico project identifies gifted Hispanic and Native American children in the visual arts. Committees of parents, teachers, artists, and administrators use identification procedures sensitive to cultural, linguistic, and ethnic differences and community ethnic identity. Program elements include culturally relevant differentiated…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Culturally Relevant Education
French, Laurence Armand; Rodriguez, Richard Francis – 1998
Rural schools along the New Mexico-Mexico border face unusual challenges in meeting the special education needs of a culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) population. This population includes Anglo Americans, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, and American Indians. Few school districts have an integrated or coordinated bilingual special education…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Bilingual Special Education, Cross Cultural Training, Diversity (Student)
LLamas, Vicente J. – 1998
Since September 1995, the Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico-Rural Systemic Initiative (UCAN-RSI) has promoted systemic reform to improve science, technology, and mathematics education for all rural students in its states. Initially, UCAN targeted 159,000 students in over 430 rural, primarily American Indian or Hispanic, communities. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, American Indian Education, Annual Reports
Strong, Kathryn Ringhand – 1986
Educational outreach programs of Los Alamos National Laboratory assist rural educators in strengthening science curricula; encourage students to take science, math, and English courses; and create a good neighbor policy between the laboratory and rural communities/schools in predominantly Hispanic/American Indian northern New Mexico. The program,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Business Responsibility, Career Awareness, Career Choice