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Lor, Pao – Multicultural Education, 2018
Hmong Americans are originally a preliterate, seminomadic, and agrarian ethnic hill tribe from Southeast Asia and have now been in the United States for the last four decades. From the 1960s to the mid 1970s, the Hmong joined forces with the U.S. during the Secret War in Laos. After the U.S. pulled out of Laos in 1975, the new Laotian regime began…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Hmong People, Refugees, Asian Americans
Kise, Jane; Russell, Beth – Principal Leadership, 2004
Personality type concepts have been introduced at Anwatin Middle School, an urban middle school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where nearly two-thirds of the students receive reduced price or free lunches. In Anwatin's diverse climate--approximately 70% of Anwatin's students are students of color, mostly Black and Hmong--looking at personality…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Personality Traits, Middle School Students, Urban Schools
Barrera, Manuel; Liu, Kristi; Thurlow, Martha; Shyyan, Vitaliy; Yan, Ming; Chamberlain, Steve – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
English language learners (ELLs) and students with disabilities are two groups specifically targeted in NCLB for which schools must demonstrate "adequate yearly progress." However, ELLs with disabilities, a category where these two groups overlap, are not specifically mentioned in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning