Sentences with phrase «ethnic studies classes»

A Graham Greene-esque story of subterfuge and alienation set in the immigrant communities of Queens, Native Speaker is now required reading in many ethnic studies classes for its thorough examination of self - ambivalence and cross-cultural tensions.

They include successfully changing policy to enforce the implementation of five Ethnic Studies classes, the addition of three more guidance counselors, and the elimination of a policy that required students to go to detention for being late during their class time.

Why Ethnic Studies Classes Improve Performance of At - Risk Students.

Cole, Nicki Lisa, Ph.D. «Why Ethnic Studies Classes Improve Performance of At - Risk Students.»

Are you planning to implement Ethnic Studies classes at your school district or looking for ways to support your current Ethnic Studies teachers and programs?

Christina Villareal showed me what it means to be a teacher as a calling — her Ethnic studies class was incredibly transformational in content but it's her ethos of teaching that truly blew me away.

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Baker has studied ten UPC congregations of differing location, economic class, ethnic origin and style of ministry — congregations which show real vitality — and his book describes the sources of that vitality.

«One answer to fostering academic equity among high achievers is the public availability of challenging educational programs across all ethnic and social class backgrounds,» said study author Sharon L. Weinberg, professor of applied statistics and psychology at NYU Steinhardt.

I can't summarize her immense impact in such a short space, but I can say that her class content [in Ethnic Studies and Education] was inspiring and thought - provoking, and she epitomizes an educator who loves, cares for, and helps heal her students.

Schools offer a robust selection of classes and after - school programs in the arts, languages, and ethnic studies, as well as Advanced Placement (AP) and honors courses.

The district has been piloting the courses for the past few years, and Mr. Carranza said the data collected show that enrollment in ethnic - studies classes leads to better attendance and better grades.

This changed this year with new research that shows ethnic - studies classes boost student attendance, GPAs, and high - school credits for a key student group — a pivotal finding that brings hard evidence to the dispute over adding these courses in public schools.

A robust selection of classes and afterschool programs in the arts, languages, ethnic studies, AP, IB, and honors courses as well as services, for example to support special education students.

Jose Lara of Ethnic Studies Now is fighting for the classes throughout the state and said seven districts have already taken the lead in making the courses a graduation requirement.

When new teachers were asked in a study published by the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality how to improve teaching, they cited reducing class size and increasing training to help them deal with the ethnic diversity in schools and classrooms as their top two priorities.

Hence, many studies have also shown that Asian ethnic minority families who practice something similar to authoritarian parenting (a parenting style which scored poorly to mediocre in the studies of white middle class families) apparently result in children who excel both academically and socially.

Many studies focus on white, middle - class children and families, but children with different ethnic / racial / cultural or socioeconomic backgrounds may fare better under different types of guidance.

Most contemporary studies include participants from various socioeconomic classes and ethnic groups.