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Verts, Lita J. – 1984
In 1980, Oregon State University began a program going beyond the usual procedure for students of English as a second language (ESL), which involved putting them in intensive English programs until they could pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language and then sending them on to a regular academic program. It was found that this traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Advising, Asian Americans, Cheating
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
Presenting the third of five regional fact-finding committee hearings across the United States, this document includes live testimony and prepared statements from social organizations and state and county offices in Florida, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, and Mississippi. Representatives of these agencies reported their efforts to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
Fernandez, Edward W.; DeNavas, Carmen – Current Population Reports, 1985
As a supplement to the March 1982 Current Population Survey, the Bureau of the Census collected data on age, marital status, education, voting and registration, fertility, employment, family composition and size, income, and poverty status of Spanish-origin persons residing in the United States. Data were compared to data for the overall…
Descriptors: Age, Birth Rate, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis
Smith, Leslie Whitener; Coltrane, Robert – 1981
Farmers and their families continue to provide the largest proportion of agricultural labor, but hired farmworkers are increasingly supplying a greater part of farm employment. This trend is expected to continue in the eighties with the hired labor proportion gradually increasing. Better information, including crucial individual state data on…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Compensation (Remuneration), Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1981
This report describes and evaluates Project At Your Service, a basic bilingual secondary education program with a vocational focus for Spanish speaking students and students from other minority language groups. As implemented in 1980-81, the program aimed to enhance the acquisition of the English language and to promote academic achievement among…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement
Blanks, Raymond S., Ed. – 1982
This report provides information on the impact of crime and the criminal justice system on minorities in the United States. The report is presented in two parts. Part one focuses on the historical perspective of crime and minority experience concerning crime, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system, with specific reference to blacks,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Civil Rights
National Organization for Migrant Children, Inc., New York, NY. – 1981
The report includes a conference summary, introductory remarks, keynote address, four conference papers and comments on each, and summary of major policy issues. The keynote address reviews policies and practices affecting migrant children, the roots of the migratory farm labor system, impact of migrancy on families; services for migrant children,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Trends, Blacks, Child Labor
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Bilingual Education. – 1982
Intended as a resource guide for school personnel working with bilingual students and/or students for whom English is a second language, the annotated bibliography cites approximately 301 materials on the Puerto Rican and Mexican cultures. Divided into 3 major categories, the bibliography cites 30 books on the history and culture of the people in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Childrens Literature
Chang, Sung-Wen; Quinones, Juanita – 1977
Designed to assist bilingual teachers in providing a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and others whose native language is Spanish, this bilingual-bicultural science curriculum guide for second grade is one of a series for pre-school through fifth grade. The overall focus is on Puerto Rican…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Chang, Sung-Wen; Quinones, Juanita – 1978
Designed to assist bilingual teachers in providing a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and for other students whose native language is Spanish, this science curriculum for third grade is one of a series for pre-school through fifth grade. The overall focus of the guides is on Puerto Rican…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
Keller, Anne; And Others – 1978
Designed to assist bilingual teachers in providing a coordinated program of studies for students in the Connecticut Migratory Children's Program and others whose native language is Spanish, this social studies curriculum guide for fourth grade is one of a series for pre-school through fifth grade. The overall focus is on Puerto Rican history and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Elementary Education
Bryant, Brenda L. – 1981
This is a training module designed to help teachers convey expectations that lead to academic success among students, especially minority girls. The module was based on the recognition that low teacher expectations have contributed significantly to many minority girls' failure to achieve as much academic success as other students in American…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Wernick, Walter – 1981
Designed to assist administrators of staff development programs for personnel engaged in Illinois' summer educational programs for migrant youth, this guide contains suggestions for a 2-day intensive staff inservice program. Providing a continuum of difficulty to allow selection of activities and levels most appropriate to local needs, the guide…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Exploration, High School Students
Aptekar, Lewis – 1982
A questionnaire with 120 variables was given to 105 high school juniors and seniors in Anthony and Canutillo, Texas, small school districts in which the majority of students are Mexican Americans, to study the perceptions of the schooling experience of this regional culture. Questions covered policy awareness; perception of school, teachers, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Decision Making, Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy
Hill, Susan; Froomkin, Joseph – 1980
Based upon data collected throughout the U.S. in the spring of 1976 as part of the Survey of Income and Education, this report presents a socioeconomic and educational profile of Hispanic postsecondary students. Wherever relevant, the data are compared with data on all U.S. postsecondary students. A general overview presents characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Dependents, Educational Status Comparison
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