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Rong, Xue Lan – Teacher Education and Practice, 2012
The 1965 Immigration Act and its 1976 amendments paved the way for the fourth wave of immigration, the largest ever in U.S. history. From 1970 to 2010, about 35 million immigrants entered a postindustrial and service-oriented U.S. society. However, a new and striking trend of the fourth wave of immigration has swept rapidly beyond the coastal,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Human Geography, Population Growth, United States History
Bransford, Jim; Chavez, Rodolfo L. – 1988
This study attempted to identify the skills, knowledge, and attitudes that parents of children in bilingual education programs believe are important for them to play a meaningful role in their children's education. Parent training models, some created specifically for use with language minority parents, have not resulted in increased parent…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Needs, Mail Surveys, Parent Attitudes