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Beato, Chastity – ProQuest LLC, 2022
As the population of ELLs continues to increase, so do the mandates to address the achievement gap of this diverse population. While there is a consensus on the importance of improving the academic achievement of ELLs (Elfers & Stritikus, 2014; Russell, 2018; Sua´rez-Orozco et al., 2008) and there is growing research reinforcing the needs for…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Superintendents, Administrator Role, Administrator Attitudes
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Darin A. Thompson; Patricia Virella; Ramon B. Goings; Kristin Kelly – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2023
Schools experience a plethora of crises from pandemics, school shootings, weather-related traumas, and mass migrations that require school leaders to create solutions to support students and their families. Researchers have explored school leaders' responses to crises but have yet to explore how principals generally and Black women specifically…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, African Americans, Females, Principals
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Willenbrock, Donna; Santella, Anthony J. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Offering comprehensive lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual (LGBTQIA+) friendly and sex-positive student health centers are central to institutions of higher education being able to retain and support students. Positive sexual experiences for LGBTQIA + students can have an impact on academic success…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Social Bias, Victims, Undergraduate Students
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Smith, Phillip A. – Journal of School Leadership, 2021
This study explored the ways in which the race-gendered identities and lived experiences of Black male K-12 public and independent school leaders inform their leadership in support of students, community, and village. The study draws from critical theories and perspectives, including a framework of Black Masculine Caring (BMC), critical race…
Descriptors: Males, Elementary Secondary Education, African Americans, Leadership Styles
Dolberry, Maurice – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2020
Mentorship, and the notion of who is a mentor, both hold a revered place for boys and young men of color (BYMOC). Mentoring programs must help mentees build intellectual confidence, academic self-esteem, and an overall belief that they are capable of overcoming the systemic barriers to their success in school. MENTOR: The National Mentoring…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, Minority Group Students, Career Readiness
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Ransom, Julia Camille; Jackson, Iesha – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This paper, which highlights the importance culturally relevant caring (CRC) in ensuring equitable educational opportunities for Black male students in alternative schools, contributes to literature on the Black male "overage, under-credited" and GED student populations. Our analysis provides insight into the following research question:…
Descriptors: African American Students, Cultural Relevance, Caring, Males
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Matthews, Alison; McPherson-Berg, Sherry L.; Quinton, Adalcy; Rotunda, Robert S.; Morote, Elsa-Sofia – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2017
The purpose of this study was to investigate how the school-parent relationship (volunteering, outreach, and communicating) in schools differs among the poverty level of students. One hundred eighty-nine middle school parents answered a parental involvement survey. Comparisons were made between the poverty level of students (free and reduced…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Volunteers, Outreach Programs, Interpersonal Communication
Park, Maki; Pompa, Delia – Migration Policy Institute, 2021
More than 7.4 million U.S. children ages 5 and under live in a household where a language other than English is spoken by a parent or caregiver. But despite the size and growth of this Dual Language Learner (DLL) population, and these children's distinct linguistic assets and learning needs, standardized policies for identifying them and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Students, Preschool Children, Ability Identification
Tawa, Kayla – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2021
The U.S. Department of Education required each state to submit a reopening plan outlining how they were using and planned on using Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds. The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) conducted an analysis of 37 state plans to better understand if and how schools were prioritizing Tier 1…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Health
Lazarín, Melissa; Park, Maki – Migration Policy Institute, 2021
Nationwide, one-third of children ages 5 and under have at least one parent who speaks a language other than English. These Dual Language Learners (DLLs) are an incredibly diverse and growing group of young children, and with the right support these preschoolers have the potential to develop as multilingual and multiliterate individuals. Yet…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Bilingual Students, Preschool Children, Ability Identification
Palacios, Moses; Ison, Ashley; Hart, Ray; Lyons, Renata; Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2017
This report seeks to contribute to the ongoing dialogue of raising our expectations for males of color and provide a resource for school districts seeking to build or recalibrate their initiatives to improve the academic outcomes of young men and boys of color. Throughout this report there are exemplars of current initiatives across the nation's…
Descriptors: Success, Educational Quality, Males, Educational Environment
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Singh, Sunita; Sylvia, Monica R.; Ridzi, Frank – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2015
This ethnographic study presents findings of the literacy practices of Burmese refugee families and their interaction with a book distribution program paired with an intergenerational family literacy program. The project was organized at the level of Bronfenbrenner's exosystem (in "Ecology of human development". Cambridge, Harvard…
Descriptors: Refugees, Ethnography, Family Literacy, Reading Habits
Albert Shanker Institute, 2015
More than 60 years after the ruling in "Brown v. Board of Education" was handed down, its promise remains unfulfilled. In many respects, America's public schools continue to be "separate and unequal." Indeed, the growing re-segregation of American schools by race and ethnicity, compounded by economic class segregation, has…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Urban Areas
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Jackson, Iesha; Sealey-Ruiz, Yolanda; Watson, Wanda – Urban Education, 2014
Although mentoring programs can produce positive outcomes for youth, more research is needed that offers an account of how Black and Latino male mentors and mentees experience mentoring. This phenomenological study highlights the voices of a mentor and 14 Black and Latino males who are part of the Umoja Network for Young Men (UMOJA) an all-male,…
Descriptors: Mentors, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Males
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Kesler, Ted – Language Arts, 2011
In this paper, the author shares three teaching stories that demonstrate the social, cultural, political, and historical factors of all texts in specific interpretive communities. The author shows how the texts that comprised his curriculum constructed particular subject positions that inevitably included some students but marginalized and…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Teaching Methods, Grade 3, Elementary Education
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