Category » Culture

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  A collective responsibility, a collective work: Supporting the path to positive life outcomes for youth in economically distressed communities

  1/1/08 - Tsoi-A-Fatt, R.

  This paper presents a picture of risk and challenge for youth in distressed communities and outlines how these communities can band together to create a continuum of supportive activities to bolster youth’s success in school and life.

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  A national portrait of chronic absenteeism in the early grades

  1/1/07 - Romero, M., Lee, Y.

  It has long been recognized that chronic absenteeism and school truancy in middle and high school are significant problems with highly visible negative consequences for youth, and ultimately, for their employability as adults. Little is known, however, about chronic school absenteeism among early elementary school students, as well as among children in preschool programs. This brief reveals a significant level of absenteeism in the early school years, especially among low-income children...

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  A new majority: Low income students in the South's public schools

  1/1/07 - Southern Education Foundation,

  This SEF research report reviews trends in the growth of low income children in the South’s public schools. The report finds that public schools in the region have enrolled a majority of low income students in each of the last three years (2004-2006) and today the South is the only region in the nation where low income students are 50 percent or more of public school enrollment. The report also provides some historical background on the presence of low income students in Southern states...

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  A postive future for black boys: Building the movement

  1/1/06 - Sen, R.

  National education leaders concerned with the plight of Black Boys in public education convened at the Alex Haley Farm in Clinton, Tennessee in May of 2005 to explore the question: “What would it take to build a movement for Black boys and their education?” The conclusions from this important summit are contained in this latest report in The Schott Foundation series entitled: A Positive Future for Black Boys.

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  Achievement trap: How America is failing millions of high-achieving students from lower-income families

  1/1/07 - Wyner, J., Bridgeland, J., Diulio, J.

  This report discusses new and original research on this extraordinary population of students. Our findings come from three federal databases that during the past 20 years have tracked students in elementary and high school, college, and graduate school. The following principal findings about high-achieving lower-income students are important for policymakers, educators, business leaders, the media, and civic leaders to understand and explore as schools, communities, states, and the nation...

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  Addressing Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: Overrepresentation in Special Education: Guidelines for Parents

  1/1/04 - Alfredo Artiles, Beth Harry

  Do bias or inappropriate practice play a role in the placement of culturally and linguistically diverse students in special education? Is the representation of low-income students in special education programs larger than their representation in the school population at your child’s school? If the answers to these questions are yes, it is possible your child’s school may be facing a problem that is called “overrepresentation” in its special education programs. This paper is one of...

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  Basic facts about low-income children: Birth to age 18

  1/1/08 - Douglas-Hall, A., Chau, M.

  Estimates in this data display are “based on the U.S. Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, March 2008, representing information for calendar year 2007.” Details include (a) numbers and percentages in low-income families; (b) changes over time; (c) federal poverty level figures; (d) family characteristics; (e) variation’s by children’s age; (f) variations by race/ethnicity; (g) variations by parents’ country of birth; and (g) variations by region of...

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  Before and after-school care arrangements and activities of school-age minority children

  Thurlow, M., Durán, R., Kato, K., Albus, D.

  This report is a first look at the before- and after-school care, programs, and activities of language minority children based on the National Household Education Survey: 2001. It describes the characteristics of the children and their before- and after-school care, programs, and activities, and also examines the relationship of some of these to school grades and school problems, two important outcome variables. The report also looks for the first time at the group of language minority...

• Collaborative Leadership Teams

  1/1/04 - National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems,

  Culturally responsive educational systems are grounded in the belief that culturally and linguistically diverse students can excel in academic endeavors. Leaders at all levels require knowledge of professional development design, the change process, research findings, data-supported decision making, and an array of leadership and communication skills and processes. Effective leadership development supports participants in accessing and applying culturally responsive practices. The academies...

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  Cultural Identity and Teaching

  1/1/05 - Kim Kennedy White, Shelley Zion, Elizabeth Kozleski

  This On Point is the second in a series of three On Points that explore issues around culture and teaching. The first On Point operationalizes the way in which NIUSI defines culture and how to think about educational settings and scenarios from the point of view of culture. While this On Point focuses on teacher’s identity, the third On Point in this series addresses how classrooms are enriched by the funds of knowledge and assets that children and their families bring with them from their...

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  Culture: A school's secret sauce

  1/1/09 - Bryan Goodwin, Elizabeth Hubbell, Laura Lefkowits, Danette Parsley, Howard Pitler, Mel Sussman

  At McREL, we analyze research on the science of education and translate it into effective teaching, schooling, and leadership practices. But we have learned that the effectiveness of any practice is dependent on the school culture. Culture is not “touchy-feely”—it makes a difference. In this issue, we take a critical look at school culture. We offer concrete guidance for improving school culture and provide examples of what happens when school leaders fail to acknowledge its importance...

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  Ending the blame game on educational inequity: A study of "high flying" schools and NCLB

  1/1/06 - Harris, D.

  This study shows that the number of high-poverty schools truly achieving at high levels on standardized tests is much lower than reported in Education Trust and Heritage Foundation studies. Unlike the previous research, this study examines test score gains over time, and only 1.1 percent of high-poverty schools were identified as "high flyers."

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  Finding Common Ground

  1/1/07 - Haynes, C. C., Thomas, O.

  This long document is meant to give background on religion and religious expression and practices in schools across America. The sensitive topic of religion in schools is covered in detail here and discusses some laws that are in effect regarding whether or not religion can be taught in school.

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  Gangs, Schools and What Else?: Educational Challenges, Street Intervention, and Cultural/Community Development for Khmer American Youth in Revere and Lynn, Massachusetts

  1/1/06 - Tang, S.

  This paper examines the relationship between educational challenges, gang intervention efforts, and cultural/community development practices in two markedly under-resourced Khmer American communities (Revere and Lynn) in Massachusetts and reveals how Khmer American young people develop alternative learning opportunities in various venues.

• Given half a chance: The Schott 50 state report on public education and black males

  1/1/08 - The Schott Foundation for Public Education,

  This website is a data portal that provides parents, educators, media, policymakers, elected officials—and anyone who cares about education and equity—direct access to important, alarming data on the devastating reality of education for Black males across all 50 states

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  Haciendo frente a la sobrerepresentacion de los estudiantes de origen cultural y linguistico diverso en la educacion especial: Pautas para los padres

  1/1/04 - Alfredo Artiles, Beth Harry

  Este informe es parte de la serie llamada Informes Para Profesionales y Maestros de la organización NCCRESt. Este informe contiene información acerca de la desproporción en educación especial de alumnos de grupos de culturas y lenguas diversas (CLD) y está orientado a maestros y padres de estos alumnos. La desproporción en educación especial de alumnos de CLD no es un problema nuevo. En las últimas tres décadas, el sistema de educación especial ha enfrentado varios casos legales...