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Understanding the Epistemological Divide in ESL Education: What We Learned from a Failed University-School District Collaboration
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Marx, Sherry; Saavedra, Cinthya M. – Urban Education, 2014
In this critically reflective article, we share our perceptions of the epistemologies that shape our own understanding of successful ESL education and that of a school district that asked us to help redevelop its ESL program. Our differing epistemologies, ours critical and aimed toward social justice, theirs built on what we describe as neoliberal…
Descriptors: Epistemology, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, School Districts
Evaluating the Work of Singapore's Malay-Based Organisations in Raising the Educational Attainment of the Ethnic Community: A Continuing Analysis
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Juhari, Shamsuri – Journal of International and Comparative Education, 2015
Statistics indicate that demographically, Singapore's minority Malay community, unlike the other ethnic groups in the small multicultural, multi-religious island-state, has yet to 'mature' and contribute fully to the country's economy. A subsequent argument is thus made on the need to ensure that learners from the community be developed in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Economic Development
Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America's Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads
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National Academies Press, 2011
In order for the United States to maintain the global leadership and competitiveness in science and technology that are critical to achieving national goals, we must invest in research, encourage innovation, and grow a strong and talented science and technology workforce. "Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation" explores the…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Minority Groups, Leadership, Engineering
A Model for Recruitment and Retention of Minority Students to Teaching: Lessons from a School-University Partnership
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Ayalon, Aram – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2004
This article documents implementation and critically reflects upon the results of a partnership between a predominately white rural college and a multicultural urban school district. The partnership was intended both to recruit high school students of color from an urban school to teacher education and to encourage teacher candidates from a rural…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, College School Cooperation, Rural Areas, Minority Groups
The LSS Review. Volume 2, Number 3
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Shaw, Danielle, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Nurturing morality in education is difficult. Educators, parents, and policymakers require a rich understanding of what morality is and how to nurture it. Program advocates are obligated to show that morality is appropriate in school and distinguish curricular goals from aspects of moral education that are best left to families, churches and…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Politics of Education, Laboratories, Young Adults
The LSS Review. Volume 2, Number 2
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Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship