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Birman, Dina; Weinstein, Traci; Chan, Wing Yi; Beehler, Sarah – Prevention Researcher, 2007
Today, 10.6% of children enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade in the U.S. are foreign-born, and 1 in 5 are children of immigrants. Public schools represent the setting where many of the acculturative struggles of immigrant children unfold, having traditionally served as a vehicle of socialization and "assimilation" of immigrants in the U.S.…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Public Schools, Acculturation, Intervention
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education. – 1982
Drawing on and extending the work presented in a companion volume, "Schooling and Language Minority Students: A Theoretical Framework," five principles are presented that represent an integration of recent empirical research in bilingualism, bilingual education, and second language acquisition to help policymakers and educators meet the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives