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Durán, Lillian; Cycyk, Lauren M.; Batz, Ruby – Journal of Early Intervention, 2023
The Individual with Disabilities Education Act specifies that families should be include in the special education process and they must provide informed consent. However, families from Spanish-speaking backgrounds, often report barriers to participation. In this study, we provided a forum for Spanish-speaking families to tell their stories using…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Barriers
Excelencia in Education, 2023
"Excelencia in Education" brings to a national audience evidence-based practices situated at higher education institutions and community-based organizations across the country that are intentionally serving Latino students. The 2023 "Examples of Excelencia: What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education" selection committee…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Evidence Based Practice, Student Empowerment
Halverson, Erica; Martin, Caitlin; Bryant, Jalessa; Norman, Katherine; Probst, Caleb; Richards, Stephanie; Saplan, Kailea; Stoiber, Andy; Tunstall, Jonathan – Wisconsin Center for Education Research, 2023
A wealth of literature shows positive outcomes and experiences from arts learning, yet youth access to arts education has become significantly more inequitable over the past 30 years. Alongside the growing discourse around arts learning and equity issues, there is a recognized and persistent need for more research. We conducted a critical,…
Descriptors: Art Education, After School Programs, Access to Education, Equal Education
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Wall, Dorothy J.; Greer, Elizabeth; Palmer, Deborah K. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2022
As the number of dual language programs in the U.S. is on the rise, district and school administrators need to pay attention to race as they design and implement these programs to offer equitable access for all students. Utilizing a CRT and raciolinguistics framework, qualitative interview data revealed the ways that whiteness operated in school…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Race, Critical Theory, African American Students
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Taylor, Z. W. – Texas Education Review, 2019
Beginning January 18, 2018, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act required all U.S. postsecondary institutions receiving Title IV funds to publish accessible websites, adherent to Level AA Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. This case study examines the web accessibility of all postsecondary institutions in Texas immediately after the…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Access to Education, Students with Disabilities, Civil Rights Legislation
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Henderson, Kathryn I. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2019
Researchers have identified inequities in dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) student participation, and with large-scale DLBE expansion, equitable student access is an increasingly important issue. In this study, I used a multimethod, multisite, comparative analysis to critically examine educator discourses addressing student participation…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis
Park, Maki; O'Toole, Anna; Katsiaficas, Caitlin – Migration Policy Institute, 2017
This fact sheet provides demographic information for the young Dual Language Learner (DLL) population in Texas, based on Migration Policy Institute (MPI) analysis of U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) data pooled over the 2011-15 period. DLLs, defined as children ages 8 and under with at least one parent who speaks a language other…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Grants
Ramirez, Robert, Ed. – 1979
While legislators debate, courts differ, and limited rulings emanate, Texas school district boards and superintendents are faced with the day-to-day problems of trying to decide whether or not illegal immigrant children should be educated, and if so, where and how. The conference proceedings provide a means of sharing these concerns and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Costs, Court Litigation