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Echevarria-Ratleff, Jana; Graf, Victoria L. – 1988
The paper, originally given at a 1986 Ethnic and Multicultural Symposium, reports the findings of school-based research in California to identify effective bilingual special education programs and instructional practices. The educational program at one model site (Azusa Unified School District) is described including the elementary school…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Demography, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
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Reyes, Luis O. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2002
An elementary school in a low-income, immigrant community of South Brooklyn (New York) developed a bilingual variation of the adult learning community model of professional development. Bilingual administrators and teachers collaboratively created a positive learning environment through teacher action research, coaching and mentoring, on-site…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Bilingual Teachers, Case Studies, Collegiality
McLaughlin, Margaret J.; Caron, Elizabeth; Embler, Sandra; Kling, Jennifer – 2001
An ongoing study seeks to identify effective curriculum policies and classroom practices in high-performing rural elementary schools that contribute to positive outcomes for students with disabilities and low-income students. Schools in Maryland and Delaware were first ranked by the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-priced meals…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Educational Practices
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 1997
The Career Immersion program, which has been conducted since 1989-90 at Silver Spring Elementary School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, introduces the world of work to students at an early age. The program's primary activities involve hands-on, school-based learning in which all students participate. Students between the ages of 3 and 13 participate in 2…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs