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Peer reviewedPlatt, John S.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1991
The characteristics of migrant students that place them at risk educationally are described and reasons for low special education delivery rates are examined. Guidelines for educational intervention are offered, with the goal of increasing migrant children's economic options and opportunities. Three methodologies are recommended: learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Disadvantaged Environment, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedKalmijn, Matthijs; Kraaykamp, Gerbert – Sociology of Education, 1996
Examines the link between racial inequality in schooling and differences in cultural capital, parents' socialization of their children into high-status culture. Reveals an interconnection between the integration of blacks into high-status culture and the black-white convergence in schooling. Suggests cultural capital possesses potential for upward…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Activities, Cultural Education, Cultural Enrichment
Download full textLevin, Henry M. – 1987
This paper outlines the types of schooling programs that will build on the strengths of educationally disadvantaged students to bring them into the educational mainstream as well as to prepare them for economic, political, and social participation. Without intervention on behalf of the disadvantaged, the following results may occur: (1) a dual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Change
