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Direct linkCornfield, Daniel B.; Arzubiaga, Angela – Peabody Journal of Education, 2004
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), recent global immigration to the U.S. interior compels local education systems that are relatively inexperienced with immigration to address new integrating and segmenting tendencies expressed by the growing and diversifying number of immigrants from Africa, Asia, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigration, Focus Groups, Immigrants
Download full textStrum, Philippa, Ed.; Biette, David, Ed. – Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005
The Conference proceedings include an Introduction by Demetrios Papademetriou. Two panels presented speakers as follows: Panel I: Elementary and Secondary (K-12) Education: (1) Immigrant Integration and "Bilingual" Education (Alec Ian Gershberg); (2) Absent Policies: Canadian Strategies for the Education and Integration of Immigrant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Adult Literacy, Immigrants
Duranczyk, Irene M., Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Lundell, Dana Britt, Ed. – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota, 2004
This monograph explores best practices for access and retention in higher education in programs that support the most diverse and nontraditional students on their campuses. It focuses on research, theory, and assessment in a variety of national programs. Its 14 chapters provide historic information about successful initiatives, multicultural and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, English (Second Language), Access to Education, School Holding Power
Berman, Michael – ESL Magazine, 1998
Discusses the success, motivation, and acculturation of Russian immigrants in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classrooms, explaining why they are motivated and well-prepared, discussing variations in their previous English education, examining the effects of cultural differences, and noting other problems that they may face in ESL classrooms…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGrossman, Shana R. – TESOL Journal, 1998
Discusses the nature of special education in Central America and the Caribbean, including policies, programs, definitions, and attitudes regarding disabilities. Also highlights factors in mainstream education that may be related to U.S. educators' perceptions of disabilities and offers recommendations for U.S. educators, especially…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Diversity (Student)
