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Sosa, Alicia Salinas – IDRA Newsletter, 1986
In 1984 the Edgewood and South San Antonio Independent School Districts implemented the Valued Youth Partnership Program (VYP). VYP identifies Hispanic junior high and high school students at high risk of dropping out and gives them an opportunity to serve as tutors of younger children. As they tutor, the older students also learn basic skills,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Tran, Bach-Tuyet Pham; And Others – 1986
Four papers address cultural issues related to the involvement of limited-English-proficient parents in public schools in the United States. "Cultural Issues in Indochinese Parent Involvement" (Bach-Tuyet (Pham) Tran) outlines the linguistic, social, and practical barriers to Indochinese immigrant parent involvement and makes suggestions for…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Elementary Secondary Education, Family English Literacy, Hispanic Americans
District Court, Houston, TX. Southern District of Texas. – 1984
This Civil Action (C.A.) settlement agreement concerns employment policies (specifically of minorities), student transfers, boundary changes and new school construction, facilities and supplies, instructional programming, the dropout rate, and retention of the Voluntary Interdistrict Education Plan. These concerns are related to the increase of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Compliance (Legal)
California State Univ., Sacramento. – 1996
The LegiSchool Project of the California State Legislature and California State University conducts televised Town Meetings to provide a forum for dialogue about problems of interest in California education. This collection contains background readings and materials for the fifth of these Town Meetings, to be titled "Segregated Schools:…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Education, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textKauffman, Thomas B.; And Others – 1990
This report documents the implementation of the migrant education program funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation Improvement Act in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District and evaluates the program's impact on student achievement, grades, conduct, and attendance. The program offered assistance to eligible migrant children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services
Robledo Montecel, Maria; And Others – 1994
A federal program designed to reduce dropout rates in middle schools among limited-English-proficient (LEP) students is described. The program trains LEP middle school students at risk of dropping out as tutors for elementary school children. A demonstration project trained 101 Hispanic student tutors in two Texas school districts. Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
