This volume summarizes a range of scientific perspectives on the important goal of achieving high educational standards for all students. Based on a conference held at the request of the U.S. Department of Education, it addresses three questions: What progress has been made in advancing the education of minority and disadvantaged students since the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision nearly 50 years ago? What does research say about the reasons of successes and failures? What are some of the strategies and practices that hold the promise of producing continued improvements? The...
This volume summarizes a range of scientific perspectives on the important goal of achieving high educational standards for all students. Based on ...
The subject of this work is a group of young Latinos in Washington, D.C. who came to the US from war-torn Central America between 1980 and 1982. The study examines their rise out of the poverty in which they lived upon their arrival, their experiences with education and employment, and the impact o
The subject of this work is a group of young Latinos in Washington, D.C. who came to the US from war-torn Central America between 1980 and 1982. The s...