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Shanahan, Timothy; And Others – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes a Chicago, IL, family literacy program that offers simultaneous and connected education for Latino adults and children. Discusses how the Parents as Teachers and ESL parts of the program are connected; how to construct a family literacy curriculum; what language should be used for family literacy instruction; and what happens in a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans
Garcia, Delia C. – 1990
The Children and Parents Interacting program is a federally funded Title VII project designed to create and promote greater Hispanic parent involvement in the educational system. The program represents a joint effort of Monroe and Dade County Public Schools and Florida International University's Center for Latino Education. The major thrust of the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Hispanic Americans, Learning Activities
Cheek, Helen Neely, Ed.; And Others – 1984
The materials in this publication were originally prepared for a set of conferences on Equity in Mathematics, organized by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics with funding from the National Science Foundation. It is suggested that these materials may assist supervisors, teacher trainers, administrators, and teachers to design and…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Students, Conference Papers, English (Second Language)
Peck, Lucy; And Others – 1994
This guide presents a curriculum designed to promote resiliency in Hispanic preschool children whose parents are undergoing treatment for substance abuse, and includes a 12-week parent and child component. The curriculum focuses on increasing cultural awareness, motor skills, language skills, early childhood coping strategies, and social…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Coping, Cultural Awareness, Hispanic Americans
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
The model is based on the highly successful first Women's Bureau sponsored Colorado Education and Employment Conference for Hispanic Women ("Adelante, Mujer Hispana") held in January 1980 for low-income women seeking employment and employed women seeking better jobs and upward mobility. It is intended for use by groups and individuals in…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conferences, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Lacy, Gary L. – 1992
This publication provides examples of diverse local initiatives that represent approaches to serving young people, particularly disadvantaged African Americans and Latinos. This report includes a forward emphasizing the background and current need for the types of programs highlighted, and an introduction that argues for the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
El Arco Iris is a supplementary pre-school program for Hispanic 4- and 5-year-old children and their parents. The Brownsville (Texas) Independent School District operates the program. Ninety-five percent of the kindergarten children in this district begin school speaking little or no English and median family incomes are among the lowest in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Television, English (Second Language)
Lewis, Magdalena C. – 1993
The Padres a la escuela (PAE) or Parents in the School program in San Antonio (Texas) encouraged the participation of Hispanic parents in the education of their children. The successes of the PAE program are used in this guidebook to help parents, program staff, and policy makers in similar efforts. This handbook describes the history,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
Alvarez, Irma J. – 1994
The Office Information Systems-International Program at Southwestern College, in California, was designed to provide Hispanic students with training for entry-level office employment. This model program guide stems from a project to improve curricula and delivery and focuses on changes in three intensive bilingual programs in general, medical, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Business Skills, Classroom Techniques
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bilingual Education Office. – 1986
This bilingual handbook, presented in both Spanish and English, is designed to assist parents of language minority students who are residing in California. The book is part of the technical assistance effort of the State Department of Education to clarify the operations of the California schools to language minority parents so they can better…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Partnership for Hope, Inc., San Antonio, TX. – 1991
This guide describes "Pequenitos en Accion" (Small Children in Action), the Edgewood (Texas) Independent School District (ISD) early childhood intervention program for Spanish-speaking 3-year-old preschool children. The program is an innovative early childhood education model involving educational programming, collaboration and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
This handbook provides information about an innovative model, Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), that encourages "at-risk" students to stay in school and to set broader goals for themselves through a cross-age tutoring experience in which at-risk middle school students tutor younger, elementary school students. After a preface, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
Walsh, Catherine, Ed.; Prashker, Hana, Ed. – 1991
This manual is a collection of reports of library research, classroom research, and classroom experience of teachers of bilingual education and English as a Second Language. The guide is intended as an aid to teachers and administrators, who are encouraged to use and adapt the ideas for their own students. The essays include the following:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Guides, Adult Students, Bilingual Students