Sentences with phrase «latino teacher in the study»

As one Latino teacher in the study put it: «I want to help build the best problem - solvers and critical thinkers possible, because those are the two elements that we need to really prepare our kids for this crazy world.»

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L&T faculty scholarship covers topics as diverse as «causal reasoning» and the brain; the study of black and Latino family engagement with schools; school reform and teacher leadership; the history of American education; using collaborative data inquiry to improve teaching and learning; and how an understanding of social psychology can improve teaching and learning in the classroom.

In fact, a handful of studies have shown that black and Latino students are less likely to receive exclusionary discipline in schools with higher concentrations of black and Latino teacherIn fact, a handful of studies have shown that black and Latino students are less likely to receive exclusionary discipline in schools with higher concentrations of black and Latino teacherin schools with higher concentrations of black and Latino teachers.

A 2010 study of 3,500 students and 250 teachers in six Bay Area high schools by researchers at Stanford University and UC Berkeley found that, under their model, teachers with more African American and Latino students tended to receive lower value - added scores than those with more Asian students.

In our recent study, «Teacher Collaboration and Latinos / as» Mathematics Achievement Trajectories» we explored the relationship between teacher collaboration and Latino students» math achievement taking into account the great diversity within Latinos / as in AmericIn our recent study, «Teacher Collaboration and Latinos / as» Mathematics Achievement Trajectories» we explored the relationship between teacher collaboration and Latino students» math achievement taking into account the great diversity within Latinos / as in ATeacher Collaboration and Latinos / as» Mathematics Achievement Trajectories» we explored the relationship between teacher collaboration and Latino students» math achievement taking into account the great diversity within Latinos / as in Ateacher collaboration and Latino students» math achievement taking into account the great diversity within Latinos / as in Americin America.

Her current, collaborative projects include studies of Head Start children's literacy learning and teacher communities (the EPIC study), family engagement, and parent involvement; young fathers in urban settings; health and educational disparities within low - income communities; children of incarcerated parents; and intergenerational learning within African - American and Latino families.

In a section titled «Education and Language,» the NCLR study points out that even Latino children who start school speaking English are struggling, in part because too many are concentrated in low - performing schools with poorly trained teacherIn a section titled «Education and Language,» the NCLR study points out that even Latino children who start school speaking English are struggling, in part because too many are concentrated in low - performing schools with poorly trained teacherin part because too many are concentrated in low - performing schools with poorly trained teacherin low - performing schools with poorly trained teachers.

According to the study, which looked at teachers» perceptions of student behavior as well as academic performance for both black and Latino students, the only significant area where mismatch played a role for Latino children — and Spanish - speakers specifically — was in early literacy skills for non-English-proficient students (assessed in Spanish).

He made five overarching points: that's it's possible to implement measures of teacher effectiveness, that LA Unified has a higher ratio of ineffective teachers than school districts studied by other researchers, that a disproportionate number of ineffective teachers in LA Unified serve Latino and African American students, that effective teachers have a causal effect on student achievement and that teachers have long - term impacts not only on student achievement but also lifetime earnings.

He also served as co-investigator with OSLC scientist Dr. Charles R. Martinez, Jr. (now director of the Center for Equity Promotion in the College of Education at the University of Oregon) on a variety of projects through the Oregon Social Learning Center Latino Research Team, including the Latino Youth and Family Empowerment Project I and II, which developed and tested a culturally specific parent training intervention for Latino families with youngsters at risk for substance use and related problems; the Adolescent Latino Acculturation Study, which was designed to learn more about how Latino families and their middle school youth who have immigrated to the U.S. adapt to life in this country; and PREVENIR, which developed and refined a culturally specific parent and teacher training program in four countries in Central America.