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Direct linkSampson, Charles; Moore, Jeff; Roegman, Rachel – Educational Leadership, 2019
After bringing hidden inequities to light, a high-performing school district set out to reverse course. The district adopted two key practices to center issues of equity: the development of a district-specific metric, the Opportunity Index, and deep analysis of deceleration patterns in course taking among certain groups. These practices, alongside…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Districts, High Schools, Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedSaladino, Caitlin J.; Martinez, Magdalena – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter synthesizes the authors' recommendations for academics and practitioners as colleges and universities prioritize institutional policies and programs to ensure Latino/a student success.
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Educational Policy, School Policy
González, Kenneth P. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter discusses college completion for Latino/as who attend community colleges and the role of leadership in promoting completion. The chapter also provides a number of lessons for success drawn from the national initiative, Achieving the Dream.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement
Download full textYaluma, Christopher B.; Tyner, Adam – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2018
In 2018, the United States continues to see wide and worrying achievement gaps among student groups, despite decades of programs and policies meant to narrow them. Many factors inside and outside the education system contribute to these gaps, but researchers have consistently shown that black, Hispanic, and low-income students tend to enter school…
Descriptors: Grade 4, National Competency Tests, Academic Achievement, Poverty
Tyler, Corine P.; Geldhof, G. John; Settersten, Richard A., Jr.; Flay, Brian R. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2021
Black and Latinx youth are situated in a maladaptive discriminatory context in the United States; however, prosociality may be one way that youth can promote their own positive development in the face of these experiences. We examined the longitudinal associations between discrimination and prosociality among 380 Black and Latinx early adolescents…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Self Esteem, Prediction, Prosocial Behavior
Enriquez, Laura E.; Chavarria, Karina; Rodriguez, Victoria E.; Ayón, Cecilia; Ellis, Basia D.; Hagan, Melissa J.; Jefferies, Julián; Lara, Jannet; Morales Hernandez, Martha; Murillo, Enrique G.; Nájera, Jennifer R.; Offidani-Bertrand, Carly; Oropeza Fujimoto, Maria; Ro, Annie; Rosales, William E; Sarabia, Heidy; Soltero López, Ana K.; Valadez, Mercedes; Valdez, Zulema; Velarde Pierce, Sharon – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2021
Prior research has established that undocumented immigrant experiences are dynamic, reflecting the complex web of immigration-related policies that create legal vulnerability. As such, undocumented college students' experiences must be situated in their current policy context. Drawing on descriptive analyses of a survey of 1,277 undocumented…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, College Students, At Risk Students, Student Experience
Houston Independent School District, 2021
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) currently offers two bilingual programs and two English as a Second Language (ESL) programs for English language learners (ELs). These programs facilitate ELs' integration into the regular school curriculum and ensure access to equal educational opportunities. Bilingual programs are offered in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021
Enrollment increased slightly at both the California State University and University of California systems in fall 2020, but the effects of the pandemic on enrollment in the California Community College system are mostly unknown and might differ substantially from the effects on 4-year colleges. This paper provides the first analysis of how the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, COVID-19, Pandemics
Kelly E. Tumy; Vonthisha DeFriend, Contributor; Jordan James, Contributor; Amber Funderburgh, Contributor; Alexandra Babino, Contributor – English in Texas, 2024
This article explores how TCTELA's 2024 Teachers of the Year forged the future through their literacy teaching at the elementary, middle school, high school, and college levels. Each essay captures how they understand their work as literacy educators and intentionally educate their students toward a brighter future amid trying local contexts. The…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers
Kyle Marten Halle-Erby – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Los Angeles Unified School District has undertaken an experiment in the education of immigrant students learning English. Over the 2021-2023 school years, the district opened three new high school Academies for recently-immigrated students explicitly tasked with centering their home languages to support their success in school. The students…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Asher BlackDeer, Autumn; Patterson Silver Wolf, David A.; Beeler-Stinn, Sara; Duran, Bonnie – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
Background: College dropout has been described as an epidemic, with underrepresented minority (URM) students having the highest dropout rates at colleges and universities. This study examines interpersonal violence and substance use as potential threats to the academic success of URM students. Methods: This study is a secondary data analysis of…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Disproportionate Representation, Violence, Substance Abuse
Schwitzman-Gerst, Tara – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background/Context: Although some research has been conducted on the experiences of preservice teachers of color who attend Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), little cross-institutional, qualitative research--disaggregated by type of MSI-- exists on the potential of MSIs to prepare and graduate teachers of color. This article examines how…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Hispanic American Students, African American Students, Minority Group Students
Nazzal, Jane S.; Olson, Carol B.; Chung, Huy Q. – Community College Review, 2023
Objective: Extensive reform has been implemented in community colleges across the nation to help expedite the attainment of students' academic goals of degree completion and transfer to 4-year institutions. Reform at the institution in this study resulted in replacement of the college writing placement exam and the precollegiate course sequence…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Writing Instruction, Educational Attainment, Higher Education
Cate, Rachael; Russ-Eft, Darlene – Power and Education, 2020
LatinX student enrollments in community colleges in the United States are rapidly growing, yet LatinX student success rates have not matched this growth. There is a need for community college programs that serve LatinX student populations more effectively and incorporate multicultural educational practices. Using Anzaldúa's Mestiza consciousness…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Comparative Analysis, Hispanic American Students, Academic Achievement
Lin, Shuqiong; Luo, Wen; Tong, Fuhui; Irby, Beverly J.; Alecio, Rafael Lara; Rodriguez, Linda; Chapa, Selena – Cogent Education, 2020
Student learning objectives (SLOs) have become an increasingly popular tool for teacher evaluations as an alternative to Value-added Models (VAMs). However, the use of SLOs faces two major challenges. First, the target setting is mostly subjective and arbitrary. Second, there is little evidence on the reliability and validity of the tool. In this…
Descriptors: Student Educational Objectives, Teacher Evaluation, Data Use, Academic Achievement
