This issue of the "Early Childhood Bulletin" summarizes the main issues discussed during the first National Meeting of Parent Members of state Interagency Coordination Councils (ICCs), held in Washington, D.C., in June 1989. Some of these issues include: (1) processes for influencing state policies; (2) tips for helping families in rural…

The rapidly shifting demographics of school-aged children, as well as continuing projections for the future, suggest that the enrollment of children who are culturally and linguistically different from what is considered the mainstream U.S. culture will continue to increase. The diversity of students in today's classrooms underscores the…

In a series of activities, intermediate grade students display data from a questionnaire completed by a selected class of Korean elementary school students. The students complete the same questionnaire. They tally results from both questionnaires and display data in an appropriate form: a graph or a Venn diagram. They compare the responses from…

This volume is for science educators who are concerned about exploring what it means to promote science literacy for all, equity and excellence, and standards-based reform. A hard look is taken at science education reform efforts and the issues it raises for learners who differ along gender, socioeconomic, ethnic, cultural, linguistic lines, or…

This report focuses on minority rights in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), examining the relations and interactions between different ethnic communities in a highly diversified society in which the oppression of minorities by the majority, or by the government, is commonplace. After a historic background, the report draws attention to the…

This unit of study, intended for intermediate grade students, focuses on comparing students from different cultures: Germany and the United States. The unit addresses National Social Studies Standards (NCSS) standards; presents an introduction, such as purpose/rationale; cites a recommended grade level; states objectives; provides a time…

This study identified the second language acquisition, culture shock, and language stress of adult Latinas in New York as related to language, culture, and education. Participants were eight adult Latinas, for whom Spanish was the first language, who had come to the United States 10-15 years previously and developed some functioning English as a…

This book promotes multicultural education, focusing on the diverse ethnic groups that make up Russian society and drawing comparisons with the U.S. educational system to assert that a well-built multicultural classroom is key to reducing racial, ethnic, religious, class, and gender prejudices. It also examines issues of diversity in a rural…

The New Americans Series is designed for high school and general readers who want to know more about immigrant groups. This volume provides an in-depth look at Filipino Americans, who have been projected to be the largest group of Asian Americans by the year 2000. The emphasis is on those who arrived in the United States after 1965. The chapters…

During the past 20 years, several of Utah's more populous areas have developed large, immigrant, non-Mormon populations. A study examined the effects over these years of the challenges caused by such cultural diversification on Utah's previously closed educational environment. Challenges were identified specifically by examining changes in…

A two-part study examined the gap in Australian research about teachers of different ethnic groups. The first part of the study examined demographics of the population of diverse secondary teachers who work in government secondary schools and are born overseas, educated overseas, and are non-native speakers of English. The information comes from a…

The chapters in this collection provide the reader with a unified and systemic framework in which issues of excellence and equity are presented and discussed. The publication is structured to address critical issues and promising practices for linguistically and culturally diverse students in the areas of instruction, assessment, and parent…

This handbook provides classroom teachers with information to assist them in enhancing Samoan students' social adjustment and academic achievement in U.S. schools. The information complements the 25-minute videotape, Samoa, which is designed for student viewing. The handbook provides background information on the Samoan people, their islands, and…

Relations among academic achievement, school bonding, school misbehavior, and cigarette use from eighth to twelfth grade were examined in two national and panel samples of youth from the Monitoring the Future project (N=3,056). A series of competing conceptual models developed a priori was tested using structural equation modeling (SEM). The…

This paper introduces a collection of papers that examines the impact of affirmative action on college admission and the importance of school desegregation. The book addresses whether or not the educational value of diversity is sufficiently compelling to justify the consideration of race when making college admission decisions. This introduction…