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Gaylord, Vicki, Ed. – Impact, 1997
This feature issue presents articles on the social inclusion of people with developmental disabilities into the community and also some related news items. This issue provides profiles of organizations, workplaces, and schools that are successfully integrating people with developmental disabilities into community activities. The articles are:…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Church Role, Community Programs
Ottinger, Cecilia; And Others – Research Briefs, 1993
This report reviews trends in the production of minority doctorates over the past 10 years, comparing the number of minority doctoral recipients and the areas in which they earned their degrees among racial/ethnic groups. Data are reported for U.S. citizens only. The report found that the number of U.S. doctoral recipients increased from 24,391 in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian American Students, Asian Americans
Barnhardt, Carol – 1994
The thesis identifies factors that have contributed to the academic success of Alaska Native teacher education students who graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) between 1989 and 1993. It contains a brief history of schooling for Alaska Native peoples; a description of the programs, student services, and academic coursework at…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, College Graduates
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 2001
During 1999-2000 school year, the North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio was administered to eligible students with serious cognitive deficits statewide as a pilot program. This report provides state, regional, and local education agency results of that pilot program. The purpose of the pilot was to review the feasibility, validity, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1997
In 1996, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) Youth Strategy introduced summer career placement programs, science and technology camps, and cooperative education programs for First Nations and Inuit youth in Canada. This evaluation focuses on the initial year of implementation, and is based on 100 telephone interviews…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education
Weinberg, Jessica P., Ed.; O'Bryan, Erin L., Ed.; Moll, Laura A., Ed.; Haugan, Jason D., Ed. – 2000
The five papers included in this volume approach the study of American Indian languages from a diverse array of methodological and theoretical approaches to linguistics. Two papers focus on approaches that come from the applied linguistics tradition, emphasizing ethnolinguistics and discourse analysis: Sonya Bird's paper "A Cross Cultural…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Computational Linguistics
Bradley, Claudette; Reyes, Maria Elena – 2000
The Fairbanks American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Science Camp was designed for Alaska Native middle school students from 11 school districts. The camp enables students to learn from Native Elders while completing hands-on science projects; stimulates interest and confidence in mathematics, science, and engineering among Alaska…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Cultural Education, Culturally Relevant Education
2000
This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a project designed to train specialized professionals in speech-language pathology to provide diagnostic, management, and preventative services to culturally diverse populations including African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, and Asian Americans whose needs are often neglected or…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
Roy, Loriene, Ed. – 1997
Part of a larger report on the Four Directions Project, an American Indian technology innovation project, this section includes six "pathfinders" to locating information on college preparation and career planning. The pathfinders were designed by students in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Johnson, Troy R., Ed. – 1993
This proceedings contains edited transcripts of speeches and workshops given at a conference on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), held at UCLA in January 1992. Workshop titles were: fetal alcohol syndrome; responding to the family in Indian child welfare; joint in-service training for management of Indian Child Welfare Act cases; domestic…
Descriptors: Adoption, Alcohol Abuse, American Indians, Caseworker Approach
Alaska Univ., Fairbanks. Alaska Native Knowledge Network. – 2002
These guidelines address issues related to the role of school boards, including local school/community committees and advisory boards, in overseeing the provision of a culturally responsive and supportive educational environment for the students in their care. The guidelines are organized around various leadership roles related to the management…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Board of Education Role
Prater, Greg; Medina, Catherine – 2002
This final report describes completion of the RAISE (Reaching American Indian Special/Elementary Educators) program and how the goals and objectives presented in the original proposal were met from September 1, 1998, through June 30, 2002. The project was designed to prepare Navajo and non-Navajo students to earn dual certification in special…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disabilities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Thernstrom, Abigail, Ed.; Thernstrom, Stephan, Ed. – 2002
This collection of papers includes: "The Demography of Racial and Ethnic Groups" (Stephan Thernstrom); "Immigration and Group Relations" (Reed Ueda); "What Americans Think about Race and Ethnicity" (Everett C. Ladd); "Wresting with Stigma" (Shelby Steele); "Residential Segregation Trends" (William…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, American Indians, Blacks
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
The General Accounting Office (GAO) surveyed officials in nine federal agencies regarding the following aspects of the employment and training programs they administered: funding levels; types and numbers of participants; services provided; and outcome measures. The 9 agencies were administering 44 programs providing a range of employment and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, American Indians, Budgets
Parker, Laurence, Ed.; Deyhle, Donna, Ed.; Villenas, Sofia, Ed. – 1999
Critical race theory offers a way to understand how ostensibly race-neutral structures in education--knowledge, merit, objectivity, and "good education"--in fact help form and police the boundaries of white supremacy and racism. Critical race theory can be used to deconstruct the meaning of "educational achievement," to…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Court Litigation, Critical Theory, Educational Discrimination
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