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Download full textFortune, Tara W.; Tedick, Diane J. – 2003
Modeled after the pioneering French immersion programs developed in Canada in the 1960s, foreign language immersion programs in the United States are designed to enrich the education of native-English-speaking students by teaching them all of their academic subjects in a second language. The goal is for students to become proficient in the second…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Immersion Programs, Language Proficiency, Literacy
Schwartz, Wendy – 1999
This digest identifies several common types of nontraditional families and presents a few of their characteristics relevant to their children's education. It also offers some recommendations to help schools provide support for the families to ensure their inclusion in all aspects of schooling. Multiracial families comprise both children whose…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Family Characteristics
Hohensee, Julie Bisson; Derman-Sparks, Louise – 1992
An antibias curriculum seeks to nurture children's potential by addressing issues of diversity and equity in the classroom. Goals of antibias curricula are to foster children's self-identity, interaction with people from diverse backgrounds, critical thinking about bias, and ability to stand up for themselves in the face of bias. The first phase…
Descriptors: Bias, Childhood Attitudes, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
Patrick, John J. – 1991
Education for citizenship in a constitutional democracy has been a long-standing goal of schools in the United States. To achieve this goal, students must learn their civil rights and responsibilities in a free society. This ERIC Digest discusses: (1) the importance of teaching about the responsibilities of citizenship; (2) deficiencies in…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Civil Liberties
Gaustad, Joan – 1992
In nongraded education, children of different ages and ability levels are taught together and make continuous progress rather than being promoted once per year. Research studies support nongraded primary education by indicating that young children vary in their rates of intellectual development and learn best through hands-on activities with…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Continuous Progress Plan, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change
Sutman, Francis X.; And Others – 1993
New teaching methods and curricula that show promise in their ability to provide limited English proficient (LEP) students with a good education in both science and English are discussed and illustrated. Discriminatory practice has led to the clustering of LEP students into low ability tracks without consideration of their actual abilities and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning
