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Grant, Carl A. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
Recently, reflections on the progress since the 1954 decision in "Brown v. Board of Education" and the challenges confronting those who believed in "Brown" occupy much of the author's daily thinking. Many of the current and recent past education problems and issues are connected generally and specifically to issues of school desegregation: (1)…
Descriptors: Race, Teacher Effectiveness, Multicultural Education, School Desegregation
Gewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2004
Beyond the walls of Wakefield High School, race and ethnicity have carved clear patterns throughout the 19,000-student Arlington school district. The busing that sought to even the distribution of black and white children in the schools ended more than a decade ago, allowing housing patterns--wealthier, white families in north Arlington,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, High School Students
Clery, Sue; Solorzano, Benito – Achieving the Dream, 2006
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue looks at student's developmental education needs and outcomes by race and ethnicity. The data indicate that the depth of students' developmental needs varies by race and ethnicity - and that the depth of developmental needs is related to success. Colleges, therefore, would…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Intervention, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
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Walters, Alyssa M.; Lee, Soonmook; Trapani, Catherine – ETS Research Report Series, 2004
The study investigated the applicability of previous experimental research on stereotype threat to operational Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®) General Test testing centers. The goal was to document any relationships between features of the testing environment that might cue stereotype threat as well as any impact on GRE test scores among…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, Education Service Centers, Testing Problems
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Patel, Dinker I. – Journal of State Government, 1988
America's growing Asian population is comprised of strikingly diverse ethnic groups. Although many Asian immigrants have achieved academic and economic success, there remain barriers to full participation by Asians in American society. A greater understanding of Asian Americans and their cultures would benefit us all. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Cultural Differences, Demography
Simich-Dudgeon, Carmen; Jeng, Ifeng – 1995
In 1992, the U.S. Department of Education, through its National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), surveyed the mathematics performance of approximately 250,000 students through two comprehensive surveys: (1) the National Assessment and (2) Trial State Assessment. The National assessment surveyed approximately 26,000 fourth, eighth, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Asian Americans, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Technology
Hudson, Lisa – 2003
This brief examines racial/ethnic differences in educational attainment, tracking student progress from high school to a postsecondary credential and examining where in this path racial/ethnic differences arise. It uses data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, "Fourth Follow-up, 2000, which tracks students who were in 8th grade…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Asian American Students, Black Students, College Bound Students
Guerra, Nancy G., Ed.; Smith, Emilie Phillips, Ed. – APA Books, 2005
"Preventing Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society" highlights the importance of creating culturally compatible interventions to stop violence among the youngest members of diverse populations. Chapters explore how ethnicity and culture can increase or decrease risk for violence among youth depending on contextual factors such as a…
Descriptors: Youth, Violence, Prevention, Ethnicity
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den Brok, Perry J.; Levy, Jack; Rodriguez, Rely; Wubbels, Theo – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2002
Investigated the relationship of teacher and student ethnic background to their perceptions of teacher interpersonal behavior. Data from surveys of and interviews with Asian- and Hispanic-American high school teachers and their students indicated that teachers viewed themselves more positively than did their students. Student and teacher ethnicity…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Influences, Ethnicity, High School Students
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Liu, Karen Chia-Yu; Blila, Susan – Contemporary Education, 1995
Young children from five ethnic groups completed surveys about self-concept, self-esteem, racial awareness, and knowledge of racial terms, attitudes, and preference. Anglo-American children had a viable self-concept. Most children were highly aware of distinct ethnic differences and liked all colors. Most minority children chose friends outside…
Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Asian Americans, Blacks
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Reimers, David M. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Comprehensively reviews literature concerning immigrant history and experience in the United States. Discusses literature covering colonial immigration, old and new immigration, Hispanics, and Asians, as well as novels and autobiographical accounts providing insight into immigrants' experiences. Includes literature concerned with nativism also.…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Asian Americans, Autobiographies, Ethnicity
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Laanan, Frankie Santos; Starobin, Soko S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2004
Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) represent a diverse group of different ethnicities and cultures. This study examines how national data on race and ethnicity are reported and describes the characteristics of AAPIs in light of the "model minority" myth. In addition, this study examines a definition of Asian American and…
Descriptors: Pacific Islanders, Pacific Americans, Student Diversity, Asian American Students
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Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1995
This series of tables presents the status of professional employees in Maryland local education agencies as of October 15, 1994 by assignment, race and ethnicity, and gender. The tables show the head counts of males and females in the central office and in elementary, secondary, and middle and combined schools. Staff are further classified…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
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Maryland State Dept. of Education. Baltimore. Div. of Planning, Results and Information Management. – 1993
This series of tables presents the status of professional employees of Maryland public schools as of October 1993 by assignment, race and ethnicity, and gender. The tables show the head counts of males and females in the central offices and in elementary, secondary, and middle and combined schools. Professional staff are further classified…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Aleman, Ana M. Martinez – 1998
This study examined how race and ethnicity inform college friendships of women of color and sought to determine how these two variables altered the learning characteristics of such relationships. The study, at a predominantly white college campus, found these relationships consistent with the sociological definition of intentional communities and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, College Environment, College Students
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