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New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Project BITEC offers instructional, resource, and supportive services to four different populations of limited English proficient (LEP) students from China, Vietnam, Latin America, and Italy at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, New York. The project provides a technological/computer, secretarial, and industrial arts program intended to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Greeley, Andrew J.; McCready, William – 1972
This paper begins with a very simple theoretical question: Do the cultural heritages of the Old World persist among children and grandchildren of the immigrants from the various European countries? Two ethnic groups--the Irish Catholics and the Italians--about whose country of origin there exists something of an anthropological and sociological…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Cultural Influences
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1981
This report describes and presents 1980-81 evaluation results for Project Rescate at John Jay High School in New York City. The project, which was funded under Title VII of the Elementary Secondary Education Act, provided instruction in English as a Second Language and in native language skills for limited proficient students. Bilingual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Washburn, David E. – 1981
Strategies for schooling which reflect the cultural diversity of the United States were examined. To discern the role of teacher education in this process, a survey was conducted of 3,038 postsecondary institutions. The initial query sought to identify multicultural teacher education programs. Statistical data is provided on the groups studied,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Arabs, Asian Americans, Blacks
Skjervold, Christian K.; And Others – 1975
The student booklet presents short chapters illustrating the power unit of the Minneapolis Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Project for secondary schools. Nine brief chapters describe individuals, organizations, and labor unions and their relationship to power in the United States. Chapter I describes the early history of the International Ladies Garment…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Community Action, Community Influence

FISHMAN, J.J. – 1967
ACTION FOR PROGRESS, AN OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAM, CONDUCTED A DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF A 6-BLOCK SLUM AREA IN NEW YORK CITY'S LOWER EAST SIDE. DATA WERE GATHERED ON HOUSING, INCOME, EMPLOYMENT, SCHOOLING, HEALTH, RECREATION, CONSUMER PRACTICES, AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THE AIMS OF THE SURVEY WERE TO DELINEATE THE…
Descriptors: Community Services, Community Surveys, Educational Background, Employment Patterns
Nadel, Max, Ed. – 1977
This teaching manual presents a model course for eighth graders involving the study of the ethnic groups that make up an American urban community. The course considers cultural, historical and sociological elements of immigrant groups in New York City, especially the Irish, Italian, Jewish, Chinese, Black and Puerto Rican populations. The manual…
Descriptors: Blacks, Chinese Americans, Citations (References), Cross Cultural Studies
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1975
This guide is divided into three parts. Part 1 provides the purpose and goals of ethnic studies and explains how to use the guide. Part 2 contains eight units for the study of ethnic experiences. These include (1) Native American, (2) Mexican American, (3) Black American, (4) Jewish American, (5) Italian American, (6) Polish American, (7) Japanese…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Ethnic Groups
Balch Inst., Philadelphia, PA. – 1985
Italian-Americans such as industrialist Lee Iacocca, architect Robert Venturi, film-maker Brian De Palma, and writer Gay Talese have contributed to the emergence of ethnic groups as a major force in the cultural and business life of the United States. What is not widely appreciated, however, is the cultural, religious, craft, and family base which…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community, Cultural Activities, Cultural Background
Shore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
The Trilingual Education Learning Environment (TELE) is a basic bilingual instruction program designed to enhance academic and linguistic skills of students with limited English proficiency, and provide supportive services for program participants. This report describes the program as it was implemented during the 1980-81 school year, for third to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Cohen, David K. – 1969
This study compares various measures of school performance for immigrant and native white children, in approaching the question of schooling and social mobility. Research on the following is evaluated: (1) surveys of school retardation carried out at the turn of the century, (2) differences in retardation rates between children from English and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Research
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1985
This document evaluates Project CAUSA (Career Advancement Utilizing Student Abilities), which provides instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), native language development, and content-area courses, in addition to a career and vocational training program, to 115 students of limited English proficiency (LEP) from Italy and Spanish…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education
Brande, Ralph T.; Argoff, Allen S. – 1979
This ethnic studies resource guide contains background readings and lesson outlines on various ethnic groups which elementary and secondary teachers can use to prepare classroom lessons. The guide was developed by teachers who attended a workshop sponsored by a federally funded ethnic studies project of the New York City Board of Education. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Class Activities
Simon, Paul L.; Simon, Regina A. – 1978
This selective bibliography lists books and some dissertations and theses relating to ethnicity. It is intended for junior and senior high school students, undergraduate college students, and the general public. The objective is to help ethnic groups, community agencies, and individuals in Cincinnati locate relevant source material concerning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Arabs
Davidson, Ann Locke; And Others – 1991
This paper considers whether ethnicity is a social construction that is constantly being recreated in a nexus of shifting social relations rather than a set of perceptions and behaviors that remain constant and stem from a youth's membership in an ethnic group. Student responses about ethnicity from a larger study of student role and engagement in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Case Studies, Educational Environment