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Barrueco, Sandra; Smith, Sheila; Stephens, Samuel A. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2016
This paper examines research that can inform policies aimed at building the capacity of early care and education programs to promote parent engagement in linguistically diverse families. The key questions addressed include: 1) What factors affect linguistically diverse families' access to early care and education programs?; 2) What do we know…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Child Care
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Bejarano, Cynthia; Valverde, Michelle – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2012
In 2002, the New Mexico State University College Assistance Migrant Program (NMSU CAMP) was created to increase the number of baccalaureate degrees held by students from farmworker backgrounds by mediating structural impediments that typically normalize post-secondary inequities for this population. Migrant and seasonal farmworker students are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Migrants, Migrant Education, Migrant Programs
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Singh, Sukhmani; Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo M. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2012
Immigrants are a fast-growing segment of the United States population. Presently, some 39.9 million immigrants call America home (Passel & Cohn, 2012; U.S. Census Bureau, 2011b). Today, immigrants come from all over the world, but most new Americans originate in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia. It is because of the mass migration of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Immigrants, Immigration
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Chavez, Alicia Fedelina; Ke, Fengfeng; Herrera, Felisha A. – American Educational Research Journal, 2012
Colleges and universities retain Native American and Latino college students at lower rates than other ethnic groups even when culturally based services, financial assistance, and support are provided. College teaching and conceptions of learning have yet to evolve on a widespread basis toward culturally diverse epistemologies and practice. This…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Student Attitudes, Family (Sociological Unit), American Indians
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Vessey, Judith A.; Horowitz, June A.; Carlson, Karen L.; Duffy, Mary – Journal of School Health, 2008
Background: This article presents the psychometric evaluation of the Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale (CATS), an instrument to be used as a screening measure with middle school students. Methods: A 70-item scale was initially derived from qualitative data obtained from focus groups comprised of middle school students. A diverse sample of…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Focus Groups, Content Validity, Test Validity