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He, Ye; Bettez, Silvia Cristina; Levin, Barbara B. – Urban Education, 2017
To challenge deficit thinking concerning immigrants and refugees in urban schools, we engaged members of local immigrant and refugee communities from China, Mexico, Liberia, and Sudan in focus group discussions about their prior educational experiences, their hopes and aspirations for education, and the supports and challenges they encountered in…
Descriptors: Refugees, Immigrants, Communities of Practice, Urban Schools
National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2007
A sixth grade class is asked: "When should you start thinking about and planning for college?" Most students answer with "tenth or eleventh grade," but invariably some brave soul raises a hand and tentatively responds with more of a question than an answer: "Now?" Yes, now. In 1992, Sallie Mae, the nation's largest…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Careers, Study Skills