Despite growing concerns about the harmful effects of "hardening" schools through increased police and surveillance on school campuses, little research has examined trends in financial resources allocated to these programs, practices, and personnel. This study contributes to the literature by analyzing trends and patterns in school…

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether English as a Second Language (ESL) Hispanic students, attendance at Title I or Non-Title I schools, and percentage of Bilingual/ESL teachers on campus impacted academic performance as measured by standardized tests. With a rapidly expanding Hispanic population in Texas, it was prudent…

This study was designed to explore the relationships between the perception of professors' instructional practices and international students' study anxiety. The dominant goal of this research was to investigate whether the professors' use of active and collaborative learning techniques reduces the study anxiety of international students. The…

This document analyzes and evaluates data to compare educational program inputs with program results in Texas. School district superintendents, principals, and classroom teachers completed questionnaires concerning school organizational patterns, size, and services; facility conditions; student background, absences, behavior, and performance; and…

The Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) study describes either 3- or 4-year trends in average campus-level passing rates on TAAS at all grade levels. It discusses student, teacher, campus, and district characteristics as they may relate to student success on TAAS by looking at data for students in grades 4, 8, and 10 for four consecutive…

Examines patterns of school attendance, adult literacy, and occupational status among U.S.-born Mexican Americans, Mexican immigrants, and Anglos in south, central, and west Texas regions, 1850-1900. Concludes that education and literacy produced occupational advantages only for Anglos. (SV)

Human capital investment theory is used to determine why teachers in Texas are leaving the profession despite growing demand for their services. Data for 1978-79 show that an average White male high school graduate could expect to earn more than a teacher holding a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree. (PP)

The specific objective was to study racial differences in the consistency dimension of desired status objects (aspirational frame of reference) and expected objects (anticipated frame of reference) of adolescent males from the rural South. Specific observations were made on (1) racial differences in consistency of aspirational frames of reference…

STATISTICAL DATA OF THE 1950 AND 1960 CENSUSES ENABLES TEXAS MEXICAN-AMERICANS TO BE COMPARED EDUCATIONALLY WITH OTHER GROUPS IN TEXAS, WITH MEXICAN AMERICANS IN OTHER STATES, AND WITH TEXAS MEXICAN AMERICANS OF AN EARLIER DATE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY, ALL PERSONS OF SPANISH-SURNAME ARE CONSIDERED TO BE MEXICAN AMERICAN. THE PAPER IS…

PROCEEDINGS OF A 1967 TEXAS CONFERENCE ON IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEXICAN AMERICANS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. SPEECHES, COMMENTARIES, A PAPER, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND RESOLUTIONS ILLUSTRATE THE STATED GOALS OF THE CONFERENCE--(1) TO IDENTIFY AND DEFINE BARRIERS FACED BY MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS, (2) TO…

A study conducted in a rural and an urban county in Texas sought to determine factors affecting changes in occupational patterns taking place in selected Spanish American populations from each of the 2 areas. An attempt was also made to determine levels of living, income, education, and aspirations of parents for their children's futures. The…

This document is the first in a series of reports about Texas's refugees and is an analysis of more than 1,000 Vietnamese and Laotian refugee interviews. What follows is an examination of the relationships English proficiency and education have with Southeast Asian refugees' income, mammogram screenings, smoking, citizenship, possession of a…