The effects of infusing tradebooks into the school and home environments of non-White, low socioeconomic status, urban third through fifth graders were studied. Tradebooks are books with a purpose that is not school-based. The study was conducted in an urban kindergarten through grade 5 school in the Los Angeles (California) area, where 59 percent…

This manual and accompanying implementation handbook provide a framework for Saskatchewan community schools seeking to create the comprehensive, preventive, and empowering learning programs needed by Indian, Metis, and at-risk children. The introduction defines community schools and summarizes elements of the community schools best practices…

This report summarizes a study of: the type, content, duration, and intensity of instructional services provided to limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in the United States; administrative procedures associated with these services (including procedures for identifying students for entry into and exit from these special services); the…

The project described here evaluated the extent to which the Alexandria (Virginia) Head Start program addresses the needs of preschool English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and provided teachers with training to enhance their students' language development. While over 40 percent of the children spoke a language other than English as their first…

This bibliography provides a recommended list of research and theoretical literature in school restructuring of interest to practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. The first section contains general references, including 66 articles and books on school reform proposals, how schools work, and the change process. The second section, addressing…

This paper examines parental involvement, regardless of socioeconomic status and ethnic or racial differences, in a school-university partnership in an elementary school in San Antonio, Texas, where the Alliance School is involved in a partnership with a local Holmes Group university. First described is the history of the school, followed by a…

The Indian Nations At Risk Task Force held seven regional hearings during 1990 on issues in American Indian education. This document contains detailed reports of the seven hearings, individual summaries of each hearing, and an overall summary of issues and recommendations offered in the field of American Indian education. Major areas of concern…

This practicum was designed to assist 62 incoming, at-risk, ninth-grade students to acquire the knowledge, motivation, interest, and skills necessary to make a successful transition to high school. Primary objectives were to reduce the number of disciplinary infractions; decrease school absences; involve more of the students in school-related…

This guide is designed to provide parents with the knowledge they need to ensure appropriate educational programs for students (ages 5-21) with disabilities. It describes the special education process, programs, services, and the rights of children with disabilities in New York State to a free appropriate public education in accordance with the…

This article describes the Jaime Escalante Math Program, a system that in 1989 helped an East Los Angeles high school set a record by administering over 450 Advanced Placement exams, having administered only 10 tests in 1978. The article is presented in three sections. The first section describes the program, discussing origins and backgrounds:…

This paper discusses some misconceptions about Asian American elementary school and secondary school students, and describes ways of building effective communication with the families of these students. The essay begins by noting the stereotyping of Asian American students as "whiz kids" and discussing the damaging effect of that…

This summative evaluation of the district-wide Full Day Kindergarten Program presents a longitudinal view of the program's progress and outcomes from 1988 through 1991, including enrollment and achievement trends, the extent of program implementation, and the status of previous recommendations. Data were collected through site visits and…

This report presents an evaluation of the Transitional Intervention Program (Project TIP), an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII-funded project in its second year of operation at Public Schools 33 and 85 in the Bronx, New York. The project served a total of 383 students of limited English proficiency in grades one through five.…

This report summarizes a forum held in Saskatchewan, Canada to discuss Indian and Metis education, with a particular focus on increasing parent involvement. Parent participation may be placed on a continuum from communication between school and parents to autonomous control of the school by parents and community. Demographic data show that…

This curriculum guide aims to help teachers and students in Catholic schools and parish religious education programs to: (1) become more deeply rooted in Gospel values and Catholic moral teaching; (2) understand the HIV virus and the disease which it causes, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); and (3) develop decision-making and leadership…