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Download full textReyes, Marcela; Domina, Thurston – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
California state policy requires English language learners (ELL) to pass the California English Language Development Test and the California Standards Test in English Language Arts to be Reclassified Fluent English Proficient (RFEP). However, most districts make it more difficult for ELL students to reclassify by setting reclassification…
Descriptors: State Policy, English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, School Districts
Direct linkJaffee, Ashley Taylor – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2021
This case study explored how a social studies teacher and a TESOL teacher collaborated to teach an eighth-grade civics and economics course in a diverse classroom with Latinx emergent bilingual students. The researcher employed a theoretical framework of culturally and linguistically relevant citizenship education (CLRCE), which includes five…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers
Busey, Christopher L.; Russell, William B., III – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2016
This qualitative study examines the perceptions that Latino students have of middle school social studies. Twelve Latino/a middle school students provided written narratives recounting their experiences in social studies and participated in two semi-structured phenomenological interviews. Findings indicate that social studies teachers rely heavily…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, Personal Narratives
Carla C. Johnson; Virginia L. J. Bolshakova; Tammy Waldron – Urban Education, 2016
This study examined the ability of Transformative Professional Development (TPD) to transform science teacher quality and associated impact on science achievement, including particular focus on English Language Learners (ELL). TPD was implemented in a large, low-performing, urban district in the southwest with predominantly Latino ELL populations.…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Transformative Learning, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
Irizarry, Stephanie; Williams, Sherie – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2013
Migrant workers in the United States have a well-documented history of struggle. This research explored the perspectives of a select group of middle school Latino migrant students in terms of their education in the United States. The research used qualitative and quantitative data gathered from a focus group session and a survey that explored the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, Migrant Children, English Language Learners
Barry, Arlene L. – Reading Horizons, 2013
In order to identify materials that would encourage urban eighth graders to read, the authors asked students about the importance they placed on reading, about their own reading abilities, and the role of race and genre in their book choice. On the basis of subscale scores from the "Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile Reading Survey"…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Preferences, Urban Schools, Middle School Students
Fuller, Rhema D.; Percy, Vernon E.; Bruening, Jennifer E.; Cotrufo, Raymond J. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2013
Purpose: As there is little research that investigates the experiences of minority boys participating in youth development programs (Fashola, 2003), the current research focused on a sport-based youth development program for early adolescent Black and Latino boys in Hartford, CT. Specifically, the present study explored (a) what attracted minority…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Youth Programs, Males, Participation
