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Download full textFOGEL, WALTER – 1965
THIS DOCUMENT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF RESEARCH ARTICLES PUBLISHED BY THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN STUDY PROJECT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT WAS TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND INCOME WITHIN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN MINORITY. DATA FOR THE STUDY WERE OBTAINED FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF POPULATION, 1960. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDED THAT…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Influences, Demography, Education
1963
THE STATEMENTS OF PHILOSOPHY AND POLICY OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN EDUCATION COMMITTEE INCLUDED (1) ACCEPTING THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AS DEFINED BY THE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COMMISSION AS BASIC PRINCIPLES, (2) RECOGNIZING THE "CULTURE WITHIN A CULTURE" CONCEPT, AND (3) RECOGNIZING THAT THE FUNCTION OF THE SCHOOL IS TO…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Compensatory Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences
Russell W. Rumberger; Katherine A. Larson – 1992
Achievement for Latinos through Academic Success is a unique Chicano dropout prevention program in a large Los Angeles junior high school. Program features include: (1) focus on the school's highest-risk students; (2) construction of a comprehensive cluster of research-based interventions addressing four different spheres of influence on school…
Descriptors: Culture Conflict, Dropout Prevention, Educational Environment, High Risk Students
Vigil, James Diego – 1997
This book aims to provide a better understanding of Mexican American high school students and their struggles with ethnicity, Americanization, prejudice, schools, and life's purposes. In most Anglo minds, these students are characterized by exceptionally high dropout rates and poor school performance, without any explanation for this performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Aspiration, Biculturalism
Guskin, Judith T.; Alexander-Minter, Rae – 1980
This report presents an anthropological perspective on the legal, demographic and community issues involved in school desegregation in Los Angeles. Views on the desegregation process expressed by lawyers, school administrators, community members, educators, and anthropologists who attended a 1978 symposium are summarized. An historical and legal…
Descriptors: Blacks, Busing, Community Role, Desegregation Effects
