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Direct linkStacy, Jen – Ethnography and Education, 2020
Family literacy programmes operate on the periphery of American education and often employ a deficit orientation toward minoritized families; still, parents view these programmes as language-learning resources. This ethnographic study explores the experiences of Latina mothers enrolled in a school-based family literacy programme in Nebraska to…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Minority Groups, Ethnography
Download full textMcKeag, Mark; Soskis, Mike; Ramos, Luis; Breen, Bill – Bridgespan Group, 2018
Researchers and journalists have documented the challenges confronting the nation's rural communities--dwindling populations, few employment opportunities, the opioid crisis, and a lack of public investment. However, there are many rural communities that are surmounting these obstacles and helping their young people build a brighter future. The…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Counties, Youth Programs, Social Mobility
Dick, Andrew D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine possible relationships between participation in extracurricular activities and student achievement, participation in extracurricular activities and attendance, and participation in extracurricular activities and behavior. The setting for this study was a high school in western Nebraska. Data for 275 of the…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Socioeconomic Status, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
Landis, Melodee; Ferguson, Angela; Carballal, Ana; Kuhlman, Wilman; Squires, Sandra – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
This article examines the efforts of a team of educators in a mid-western urban university in Omaha, Nebraska, to understand why so few persons of color enter the teaching profession and to identify actions that can be taken to attract them. The questions that were posed included the following: (1) What does past research say about recruiting…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Minority Groups, Teacher Recruitment, Career Choice
Jenkins, Melvin L. – 1994
This report is derived from a community forum held in Scottsbluff (Nebraska) on April 28-29, 1993, by the Nebraska Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Views on race relations in selected areas of western Nebraska were expressed by concerned citizens; community leaders; government officials (federal, state, and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Civil Rights, Community Problems, Dropouts
Saunders, Terrie; Maloney, Kathy – Principal Leadership, 2004
Minority students made up approximately 25% of the student population at Central High School in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1995. The composition of Central's honors and challenge classes did not reflect this diversity, however, few minority students were taking challenge classes as underclassmen and even fewer were taking AP courses as seniors. In fall…
Descriptors: College Planning, Time Management, Career Exploration, American Indians
