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Phillips, Norma Kolko, Ed.; Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg, Ed. – 1997
The 12 chapters of this volume offer a comprehensive portrait of today's children and their challenging urban environments. The opportunities and obstacles that confront children are examined in detail, and key social problems are discussed in the following contributions: (1) "Growing Up in the Urban Environment: Opportunities and Obstacles for…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Sung, Betty Lee – 1987
This book examines the role of three major social institutions--community, school, and family--in helping Chinese immigrant children cope with and adapt to a new life in New York City. The following aspects of Chinese life are explored: (1) immigration networking; (2) determinants of immigrant types; (3) the community; (4) the school--enrollment…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Children, Chinese Americans
Romo, Harriett D.; Falbo, Toni – 1996
This book describes how "at-risk" Hispanic youth defy the odds and stay in school to earn a high school diploma. Information about success is needed because Hispanic youth drop out at about twice the rate of non-Hispanic Whites. The discussion is based on the results of a 4-year longitudinal study of 100 Hispanic youth labeled at-risk by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research
Peterson, Reece L., Ed.; Ishii-Jordan, Sharon, Ed. – 1994
This book examines the effect of racial, ethnic, and cultural factors on the process of identifying and serving students with emotional or behavioral disorders. The book acknowledges the importance of diversity among students with behavioral disorders, and the need to consider their diversity in identifying their behaviors and intervening to…
Descriptors: Aggression, American Indians, Asian Americans, Behavior Disorders
