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Shainis, Lee – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2021
We must recognize that our current language to describe the work and purpose of adult education sets a "dominant culture" social dynamic between teacher and student. To anchor adult education in a genuine spirit and experience of equity, we must start with a fundamental shift from a one-way savior helper mindset to a two-way mutual…
Descriptors: Power Structure, Adult Education, Sense of Community, Teacher Student Relationship
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Community College Journal, 2013
Immigrants and others who didn't grow up speaking English are often at a disadvantage when entering the workforce. One of the best ways for non-native English speakers to level the playing field is to enroll in targeted courses and job-training programs offered through their local community colleges. The best of these programs combines important…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Employment, English (Second Language), Community Colleges
Zoll, Susan Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study demonstrates the impact of an Early Reading First intervention on preschool children's language and literacy development using an ex post facto, causal-comparative research design. The project's professional development model was evaluated to produce a process and outcome evaluation to answer two overarching research questions: (1) What…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition
Albert, Tim – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
A visit to the EEC (European Economic Community) School reveals a diverse curriculum, students speaking different languages and who come from upper socioeconomic backgrounds, and an atmosphere that challenges each individuals basic assumptions. (RK)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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Robinson, Benjamin – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2004
In this article, the author describes his "Business German" course. His course sought to narrate a dialectic of agency and institution. He started by asserting a distinction between the intending subject--with its plural desires, interests, and identifications--and the world it acts in, through and upon. This distinction between acting subject and…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Public Policy, Norms, Language Acquisition
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Phoenix, AZ. – 1974
A composite summary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects operated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Phoenix Area, during fiscal year 1974 is given on an area-wide basis. Data, presented by charts and graphs, cover: the BIA's organization; enrollment in the Phoenix Area schools by agency and school; expenditures;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Annual Reports, Enrollment
Ilika, Joseph – 1969
The influence of age of entrance to first grade on subsequent rate of scholastic development was tested in this longitudinal investigation. Forty-one pairs of boys and forty-nine pairs of girls, matched according to sex, intelligence, and socioeconomic status, were subjects. The mean chronological age of late entrants was 81 months, opposed to 72…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Age Differences, Arithmetic
Kalman, Marjorie, Comp. – 1974
Of the 31 migrant projects funded in fiscal year 1974 (FY 74), 27 (11 regular term and 16 summer term) were classroom programs. There were 365 children enrolled during the regular term and 1,601 during the summer. Children were recruited through: visits by school personnel to the migrant camps, information supplied by other project participants,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Phoenix, AZ. – 1975
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects operated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Phoenix Area, during fiscal year 1975 are summarized on a grade by grade-school by school basis. Data, presented in chart and graph form, cover: the BIA's organization; student enrollment in the Phoenix Area; expenditures by school; student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Phoenix, AZ. – 1975
A composite summary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects operated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Phoenix Area, during fiscal year 1975 is given on an area-wide basis. Data, presented by charts and graphs, cover: the BIA's organization; student enrollment in the Phoenix Area schools by agency and school;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Phoenix, AZ. – 1974
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects operated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Phoenix Area, during fiscal year 1974 are summarized in this evaluation report on a grade by grade-school by school basis. Data, presented in chart and graph form, cover: the BIA's organization; student enrollment in the Phoenix Area;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Annual Reports, Enrollment
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Phoenix, AZ. – 1973
A summary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects operated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Phoenix Area, during fiscal year 1973 is given in this evaluation report on a school by school basis. Data, presented by charts and graphs, cover: the BIA's organization; student enrollment in the Phoenix Area; school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Annual Reports, Enrollment
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Phoenix, AZ. – 1973
A composite summary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects operated in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Phoenix Area, during fiscal year 1973 is given on an area-wide basis. Data, presented by charts and graphs, cover: the BIA's organization; enrollment in the Phoenix Area Schools by agency and school; expenditures;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Annual Reports, Enrollment
Brush, Lorelei; And Others – 1993
In fiscal year 1990, the Bilingual Education Special Populations Program of the Department of Education awarded grants to 30 programs serving children of limited English proficiency. These programs were preschool projects, special education projects, or projects that served gifted children. This document reports the results of a survey, conducted…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Enrollment, Financial Support, Gifted
Lippman, Laura; Guzman, Lina; Vandivere, Sharon; Atienza, Astrid; Rivers, Andrew – Child Trends, 2007
In January through April 2007, the Children's Trust sponsored a population-based survey of parents of children ages birth through 17 in Miami-Dade County to provide a baseline of data on child health and well-being, and to discern unmet needs for services in the Trust's primary impact areas and strategic investments. The survey was conducted by…
Descriptors: Child Health, Surveys, Parents, Counties