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Gao, Fang; Shum, Mark S. K. – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Recent government initiatives in Hong Kong have focused on raising the participation of students from South Asian backgrounds in mainstream schools, to encourage their further integration into Hong Kong's educational system and society. These students' learning in mainstream schools takes place within the context of the central…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chinese, Teaching Assistants, Language Acquisition
Iowa Department of Education, 2004
This handbook for Iowa school districts was first published many years ago. Since that time, several significant sociopolitical and educational changes have occurred. For example, there has been an increase in the number of languages and cultures represented both in Iowa and in the political arenas of the nation. Immigrants and refugees from…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Minority Groups, Educational Quality, School Districts