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• The role of migration, family characteristics and English-language ability in Latino academic achievement

  1/1/04 - Johnson-Webb, Karen D.

  Latinos comprise the largest minority group in the U.S. and 63 percent are foreign-born. An educational gap exists between Latinos in the U.S. and other groups in the U.S. Lower educational attainment has ramifications for labor market and other socioeconomic outcomes. Factors involving family context have best explained the educational gap, along with English proficiency and migration history. This study, using the Census long-form data, explores the role of socio-economic background...

• The Significance of Relationships: Academic Engagement and Achievement Among Newcomer Immigrant Youth

  1/1/09 - SuÁEz-Orozco, Carola, Pimentel, Allyson, Martin, Margary

  Background/Context: Newcomer immigrant students are entering schools in the United States in unprecedented numbers. As they enter new school contexts, they face a number of challenges in their adjustment. Previous literature suggested that relationships in school play a particularly crucial role in promoting socially competent behavior in the classroom and in fostering academic engagement and school performance. Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the role of school-based...

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  Transition Issues and Barriers for Children with Significant Disabilities and from Culturally and Lingusitically Diverse Backgrounds

  1/19/09 - Beth Rous, Carol Schroeder, Sarintha Stricklin, Ann Hains, Megan Cox

  "A series of six regional working forums were held across five states to identify issues, barriers, and successful strategies encountered during transition for young children with disabilities and their families. Transitions for two specific groups were targeted; a) children with significant disabilities and their families and b) children with disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and their families."

• Uncertainty and decision making in teaching: Implications for managing line professionals

  1/1/89 - Bacharach, S., Conley, S., T. J. Sergiovanni and J. H. Moore

  Most of this book's 22 chapters were written as background papers that were presented at a national conference on restructuring schooling held at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, August 18-21, 1987. Framing the chapters of this book is the notion that if rational management systems and theoretical treatises about promoting school excellence do not take into account the realities of the workplace, they will not bring about sustained improvements in our nation's schools. Chapters in...

• Understanding the Gap in Mathematics Achievement of Malaysian Students

  1/1/09 - Ismail, Noor Azina

  Of 46 countries that participated in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study in 2003 (I. V. S. Mullis, M. O. Martin, E. J. Gonzalez, & S. J. Chrostowski, 2004), Malaysia was ranked 10th in international scores of mathematics achievement for 8th-grade students. The present author aimed to examine the importance of students' home backgrounds, resources for learning, activities, and attitudes toward learning mathematics in accounting for high student achievement in...

• Unintended Consequences: African American Male Educational Attainment and Collegiate Perceptions After Brown v. Board of Education

  1/1/08 - Dancy, I. I. T. Elon E., Brown, I. I. M. Christopher

  The nexus between educational attainment and collegiate perceptions for African American male undergraduates after Brown v. Board of Education et al.'s are explored in this study. Terenzini Transitions to College interview protocol was used to assess participants' precollege, in-class, and out-of-class experiences in college. A sample of eight African American men representing diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and precollege experiences was interviewed to gauge their sensemaking in two...

• Unpacking Immigration in Youths' Academic and Occupational Pathways

  1/1/06 - Tseng, Vivian

  This study sought to unpack how immigration is associated with youths' educational choices during the transition to college and adulthood. Surveys and school records were collected on 789 youth (ages 18–25) with Asian Pacific, Latino, African/Afro-Caribbean, and European backgrounds. The results indicated generational differences in educational choices, such that children of immigrants chose courses of study with higher math and science content than that of their peers with U.S.-born...

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  Using School Leadership Teams to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners

  1/24/10 - Movit, M, Petrykowska, I., Woodruff, D.

  To ensure that the implementation of Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies effectively addresses the needs of all students, the National Center on Response to Intervention (NCRTI) recommends that schools and districts establish leadership teams that focus on issues affecting culturally and linguistically diverse students. New leadership teams can be added to what already exists, or current leadership teams can be refocused on these issues. Leadership teams should meet regularly and...

• When Are Racial Disparities in Education the Result of Racial Discrimination? A Social Science Perspective

  1/1/03 - Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin

  In this article I seek to answer the question, "When are racial disparities in education the result of racial discrimination?" To answer it I synthesize the social science research on racially correlated disparities in education. My review draws from the sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, history, and education literatures. I organize explanations into six categories: biological determinism, social structure, school organization and opportunities to learn, family...

• When Are Racial Disparities in Education the Result of Racial Discrimination? A Social Science Perspective

  1/1/03 - Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin

  In this article I seek to answer the question, "When are racial disparities in education the result of racial discrimination?" To answer it I synthesize the social science research on racially correlated disparities in education. My review draws from the sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, history, and education literatures. I organize explanations into six categories: biological determinism, social structure, school organization and opportunities to learn, family...

• Where Is Lake Wobegon, Anyway?

  1/1/98 - Rothstein, Richard

  Asserts that social promotion cannot be blamed for the deterioration of school standards. Social promotion as the practice of promoting children whose performance is below grade level; How California and New York City have responded to social promotion; Problem with rewarding students merely for being in school, rather than for proficiency; How varied backgrounds predispose children to perform differently.

• Why the gap between Black and White performance in school?: A report on the effects of race on student achievement in the St. Louis public schools

  1/1/97 - Trent, William T.

  Presents the report submitted to the court during the 1996 Liddell hearings, which is divided into 2 parts and revised to incorporate points raised during W. T. Trent's testimony on March 19, 1996. Part 1 analyzes the effects of race on student achievement and is based on data supplied by the St. Louis Public School District, cohort files covering 4 cohorts of students, and call-in enrollment data files. Data for the effects of race, student background, prior test scores, school...

• Why the gap between black and white performance in school?: a report on the effects of race on student achievement in the St. Louis public schools

  1/1/97 - Trent, William T.

  Part of a special issue on the St. Louis example of the role of social science in school desegregation efforts. In a report submitted to the district court in the 1996 Liddell hearings, the writer discusses the effects of race on student achievement in St. Louis public schools. In the St. Louis school district, black students perform less well on the Stanford Achievement Test in both reading and mathematics than their white peers. This race effect persists even when control measures such as...