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Seller, Maxine, Ed.; Weis, Lois, Ed. – 1997
This collection explores diversity in American schools by opening the discussion to the unprecedented diversity of children in American schools. Sections on rethinking familiar minorities, newcomers to the country, and other, often unrecognized minorities, deal with the common themes of minority status, marginality, and resistance. The following…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Black Students
Download full textNational Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1980
Twenty-four Hispanic American professional women drawn from the fields of education, social services, and government by the Women's Research Program of the National Institute of Education met to develop a national research agenda which would begin to address the educational and occupational needs of Hispanic women. Twelve papers presented by…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cubans, Dominicans, Educational Needs
Bonilla, Carlos A., Ed.; Goss, Joyce, Ed. – 1997
Written by a team of graduate student teachers, this collection of papers focuses on the challenges of teaching at-risk students and the development of successful classroom strategies. The first chapter, "Kids in Need: The Teachers' Perspective," addresses Hispanic children in poverty, the effects of poverty on academic achievement, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Disadvantaged Environment
Scatton, Linda H., Ed.; Coley, Richard J., Ed.; McBride, Amanda, Ed. – Educational Testing Service, 2006
This issue of ETS Policy Notes highlights the ETS Symposium on Latino Achievement in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), held by ETS, the College Board, and the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University in Princeton, NJ, November 20-22, 2005. The conference had three major goals: (1) Exploring the challenges,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs, Engineering
Orfield, Gary; Eaton, Susan E. – 1996
The United States is quick to celebrate the Brown v. Board of Education decision, but there is an insidious trend toward resegregation in the public schools. For the first time since 1954, school segregation is actually increasing for African American students. In several rarely discussed decisions, the Supreme Court has opened the door for the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Plans
Taylor, Ronald W., Ed.; Wang, Margaret C., Ed. – 1997
Taking its departure from a conference hosted by the National Center on Education in the Inner City (Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), this collection considers developing a research base for preventive and intervention-oriented efforts to foster resilience and educational success for minority students from disadvantaged backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors
Lopez, Adalberto, Ed. – 1980
Articles in this book cover Puerto Rican history from the Spanish colonization to the present day experience of Puerto Ricans in the United States. Political, social, economic, cultural, and historical issues are addresed by the following authors: Edna Acosta-Belen, Frank Bonilla, Juan Manuel Carrion, Diana Christopulos, Sandra Messinger Cypess,…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Hispanic Americans, Latin American History, Puerto Rican Culture
Direct linkPadilla, Raymond V., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2008
This book focuses on one of the key questions in education: What determines a student's success? Based on twenty years of work on student success, Ray Padilla here presents two related models he has developed that both provide a framework for understanding success and indicate how it can be enhanced and replicated. The research and theory that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Teaching Methods, Models, Higher Education
McCall, Martha S.; Hauser, Carl; Cronin, John; Kingsbury, G. Gage; Houser, Ronald – Northwest Evaluation Association, 2006
The difference between the academic performance of poor students and wealthier students and between minority students and their non-minority peers is commonly known as the achievement gap. The current study examines the achievement gap using a large sample of students from a wide variety of school districts across the United States. It examines…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Reading Achievement
Illinois State Library Special Report Series, 1995
A variety of articles about family literacy efforts in Illinois is provided in this special report prepared by the Illinois State Library, intended for librarians, adult educators, teachers, and family literacy practitioners. Articles contained in the report are: "Family Literacy: A Definition" (Cyndy Colletti); "Why We Need Family…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Literacy, Financial Support, Hispanic Americans
Rodriguez de Laguna, Asela, Ed. – 1987
The essays and articles in this collection were presented at a conference on "the Puerto Rican in Literature" that addressed, among other issues, the duality of the Puerto Rican experience and the constant oscillation between mainland and the island. The essays represent the vitality, diversity, and distinctiveness of contemporary Puerto…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans, Identification (Psychology), Imagery
Castellanos, Jeanett, Ed.; Jones, Lee, Ed. – 2003
This collection discusses various aspects of increasing the representation of Latinas and Latinos in U.S. higher education. The selections provide historical background, review issues of access and achievement, and present problems of status and barriers to success. The book opens with "Latina/o Undergraduate Experiences in American Higher…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Ethnicity, Higher Education
Kalmar, Tomas Mario – 1982
In poetry, prose, and correspondence, a collection of writings chronicles the development of a literacy campaign and educational program in Cobden, Illinois. The program--the Bilingual Literacy Campaign--evolved to respond to the need for literacy education among "fulanos," Hispanic-American farm laborers. The papers include the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Bryce-Laporte, Roy S., Ed.; Couch, Stephen R., Ed. – 1976
This book presents six papers on Latino migrant workers and recent Indochinese refugees in the United States, most of which focus on problems of fieldwork. The book's three sections, "Migrant Workers,""Indochinese Refugees" and "Research Summaries and Reports," each contains two papers and an introduction. (1)…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Hispanic Americans, Indochinese, Migrant Workers
Lemasters, Linda K., Ed.; Papa, Rosemary, Ed. – NCPEA Publications, 2007
This volume presents the 2007 Yearbook of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA). This year's theme is "At the Tipping Point: Navigating the Course for the Preparation of Educational Administrators." This yearbook contains six parts. Part 1, Invited Chapters, includes the following: (1) President's…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Environment, Educational Administration, Administrator Education
