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Evaluation of a Community-Based, Hybrid STEM Family Engagement Program at Pre-Kindergarten Entry
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Tricia A. Zucker; Michael P. Mesa; Dana DeMaster; Yoonkyung Oh; Michael Assel; Cheryl McCallum; Valerie P. Bambha – Grantee Submission, 2024
Introduction: This article investigates an early STEM family engagement program offered during the pre-kindergarten (pre-k) year. Pre-k is an important juncture for community organizations to support children's STEM engagement and parental involvement in informal STEM learning. We evaluated a program called Teaching Together STEM, which offers a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Family Programs, Preschool Education, Community Programs
Impact of Emergency Elearning in a Multilingual Context with a Minority Language: How Has the Absence of School Affected the Use of Basque, English, and Spanish in the Basque Context?
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Idoiaga Mondragon, Nahia; Orcasitas-Vicandi, Maria; Roman Etxebarrieta, Gorka – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This paper focuses on the use of language during the emergency eLearning period due to COVID-19 in the Basque Autonomous Community. Specifically, the main objective of this study is to analyze how the use of Basque (local minority language), English (foreign language), and Spanish (local majority language) changed during this period among children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spanish, Language Minorities, Language Usage
The Danger of the Dual-Language Enrichment Narrative: Educator Discourses Constructing Exclusionary Participation Structures in Bilingual Education
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Henderson, Kathryn I. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2019
Researchers have identified inequities in dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) student participation, and with large-scale DLBE expansion, equitable student access is an increasingly important issue. In this study, I used a multimethod, multisite, comparative analysis to critically examine educator discourses addressing student participation…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, Comparative Analysis
Bilingual Education: A Challenge for the Future.
Egan, Lawrence A. – 1981
Colorado's bilingual program, which allows Anglo children to participate on a voluntary basis, has been successful in increasing skills in English and in achievement areas measured by English standardized achievement tests, and in improving self concept, attendance, and parent participation. Opponents of bilingual education have claimed that it…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Anglo Americans, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis
Ethnicity, Equality and Hierarchy: The Fate of Ethnic Groups Under an Open Access Model of Higher Education.
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Lavin, David E.; And Others – 1978
The academic fate of students from different ethnic groups under open admissions at City University of New York is examined. Three central questions are addressed: (1) Who came and how was the ethnic composition of the university affected by open admissions? (2) To what degree did different parts of the university become ethnically integrated? (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Black Students, College Admission
Educational Hierarchies and Social Differentiation: The Structural Patterns of Chicano Participation in Colleges and Universities in the Southwest, 1972-1976.
Garcia, Rodolfo – 1980
The enrollment patterns of Chicanos in colleges and universities of the Southwest were examined for 1972, 1974, and 1976, and enrollment patterns were compared to graduation data for Chicanos for the academic year 1975-76. Comparative data for whites and blacks were also examined. The primary sources of data were the compliance surveys conducted…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students, College Attendance