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Ruiz Soto, Ariel G.; Selee, Andrew – Migration Policy Institute, 2019
Education levels are on the rise among Mexican immigrants, who now comprise the fourth largest group of college-educated immigrants in the United States, after those from India, China, and the Philippines. The number of Mexican immigrants with a bachelor's degree or higher grew from 269,000 in 2000 to 678,000 in 2017--an increase that is primarily…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Immigrants, College Graduates, Age
Trache, Maria; Zhang, Yi – Texas Education Research Center, 2017
To support youths' early motivation for higher education and careers, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 5 in 2013 to adopt a new foundation high school program, which allows students to pursue endorsements as they begin 9th Grade. Endorsements prepare high-school students for specific STEM, business, public service, arts and humanities, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Career Readiness, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Davila, Denise; Patrick, Lisa – Language Arts, 2010
Ironically, adults control most of the world of children's literature: adults write the books; adults choose which books to publish; adults review the books, adults bestow the awards on books and adults purchase the books for bookstores, libraries, and their children. In this paradigm of adult control, children's opinions are often overlooked. The…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Reading Materials, Publishing Industry, Standardized Tests
Taylor, Lloyd J., III; Poyner, Ilene – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the problem of trained employee retention in a highly competitive labor market for a manufacturing facility in the oilfields of West Texas. Design/methodology/approach: This article examines how one manufacturing facility should be able to retain their trained employees by using the logic of Eliyahu M.…
Descriptors: Employees, Skilled Workers, Labor Turnover, Competition
The Cultural Politics of the Texas Educational Reform Agenda: Examining Who Gets What, When, and How
Salinas, Cinthia S.; Reidel, Michelle – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2007
This critical policy examination of the economistic discourses that control Texas's accountability reforms explores how over the last three decades Texas business elite utilized the policy process, power relationships, and educational value conflicts that promote accountability as the paradigm for education reform. Attention on "who gets…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Wiley, David; Barr, Elissa – American Journal of Health Education, 2007
Textbooks are often a core element of curricula and delivery of classroom instruction and have long been a source of controversy. The textbook adoption process has become less about content and more about political/cultural pressure. Special-interest groups from the right and left exert enormous influence on textbook content through bias and…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Health Education, Textbooks, Guidelines
Sponsler, Brian A. – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2009
Debates over the use of college rankings are often framed in binaries: ardent advocates versus outright rejectionists, rankers versus rankees. But the American higher education landscape is complex, and so too should be discussions of rankings. Moreover, the policymaking process is simultaneously intricate and predictable--information is processed…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, State Government, Public Agencies, Accountability
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1989
This report, submitted to the 71st Texas Legislature in fulfillment of the mandates contained in House Concurrent Resolution 84, summarizes a study of the feasibility of an 8-year cycle for the adoption of certain textbooks and considers the feasibility of contracting with textbook publishers on a freight prepaid basis. First, 6-year versus 8-year…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Publishing Industry