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Treviño, Anna; Hite, Julie M.; Hallam, Pamela R.; Ferrin, Scott E. – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
This qualitative study examines the perspectives of high school-and college-age students who participated in an educational program designed to increase the number of Latino students entering teaching as a profession: Latino Educators of Tomorrow. Using open-ended surveys and semistructured interviews, this study identified themes regarding the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Teaching (Occupation), Hispanic American Students, Career Choice
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Brinch, Christian N.; Bratsberg, Bernt; Raaum, Oddbjorn – Education Economics, 2012
The national Norwegian school reform of 1994, which gave students statutory rights to at least 3 years of upper secondary education, had a significant impact on educational attainment among immigrant youth. In particular, we find that the immigrant transition rate from compulsory schooling to completion of the first year of upper secondary…
Descriptors: Evidence, Immigrants, Educational Attainment, Disadvantaged
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Gibson, Margaret A.; Hidalgo, Nicole – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: Among the children of immigrants, one of the populations placed at greatest risk of not finishing high school are the children of migrant farmworkers. Although it is difficult to track graduation rates for migrant students because of their mobility, the U.S. Department of Education estimates that only half of all migrant…
Descriptors: Migrant Education, Role Models, Graduation Rate, Mexican Americans
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Hoffman, Lee; Sable, Jennifer – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report presents information about public elementary and secondary education for the 2003-04 school year. The data were provided by state education agencies through the Common Core of Data (CCD) survey system, a universe data collection that includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Defense…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Enrollment