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Farley, Jennifer; Richardson Bruna, Katherine; Martinez Oropeza, Dawn; Ayala, Yesenia – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2019
"Al Éxito" supports the leadership development, post-secondary education, and civic engagement of Iowa Latina/o youth. In the summer of 2015, it piloted "Movimiento Al Éxito," a "pop up" summer program. In this article, we detail the innovative components and curriculum and describe our journey with "new…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Summer Programs, State History, Hispanic American Students
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Goonatilake, Rohitha; Bachnak, Rafic A. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2012
Recent decline of students pursuing engineering degree programs is a great concern for many higher education authorities including Federal and State governments. Existing programs in high schools have not yet produced the desired results. Consequently, a number of initiatives to remedy this situation have been proposed and implemented. One such…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, High School Students, Middle School Students, Workshops
BRADDOCK, RICHARD – 1965
PROGRESS MADE TOWARD ESTABLISHING AN ADVANCED PROGRAM IN ENGLISH IS DISCUSSED. THE IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO OFFER THE BEST COLLEGE-BOUND TWELFTH-GRADE STUDENTS INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE IN COMPOSITION. THIS INSTRUCTION SHOULD INCREASE THE PROBABILITY THAT COOPERATING COLLEGES WILL EXCUSE THEM FROM THE USUAL FRESHMAN COMPOSITION…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Advanced Students, College Preparation, College School Cooperation
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Montgomery, Cherice; Sederberg, Brenda; Tyrol, Marcia Riis; Stevenson, Sonia – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 1998
This unit was created as a result of a summer institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The Center's goal is to improve student learning of foreign languages in kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). In the summer of 1996, the Center offered the Culture and Children's…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Mexican Americans, Migrant Workers, Second Language Learning