Not exact matches
Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved
minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of
how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class,
language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).
-LSB-...] you're not sure
how to find great books in the
minority language, ask Leanna of All Done Monkey!
The Vietnamese project brings books and the know -
how to establish libraries to rural communities, while the project in Thailand aims to improve the integration of the Patani Malay
minority by providing teaching in their own
language.
In his book, Bolick describes
how he helped orchestrate the mainstream media's first use of civil rights
language in defense of school choice while discrediting a voucher opponent as «blocking the schoolhouse door to
minority children.»
In Improving Schooling for
Minority Children: A Research Agenda, August and Hakuta (1997) state that one research need is «to learn
how to increase the number of teachers skilled in working with English -
language learners» (p. 269).
Read the research brief on Teaching Secondary
Language Minority Students (www.crede.ucsc.edu/research/llaa/rb4.shtml) to learn four things teachers should do to support
language development in secondary school learners; for example,
how to help Tommy, a 7th grader who has not been in school since he completed 5th grade in his native country.
This investigation reveals
how indigenous children cultivate proficiency in the culturally organized use of multiple literacies in this context, and
how Vietnam's rapid development informs experiences of childhood, transforms everyday
language practices, and affects the vitality of
minority languages in the 21st century.
So we'll continue to get information on
how student sub-groups — such as
minority populations, dual
language learners, and students with learning disabilities — are performing, but we aren't tying those tests to harsh consequences for schools and teachers.
Through an investigation of both informal and institutionally organized interactions, this study analyzes
how participation in indigenous, national, and international literacy practices indexes different senses of cultural citizenship (Rosaldo 1997), which, in turn, inform Cham
minority children's complex sense of belonging within, and their meaningful intergenerational engagement with, the
language and culture of their parents amid Vietnam's post-socialist transformation.
Train staff to effectively communicate with LEP parents — when and
how to obtain qualified
language assistance, use of interpreters when staff receive or make calls to
language -
minority individuals, and applicable record - keeping procedures.
They also wanted to show
how small schools, like Bronx International, put
language minority students on the college track.
Courts and Kids tells the surprising story of
how state courts, based on the
language in state constitutions, threw out unfair school finance systems around the country and ordered measures to improve the performance of poor and
minority students.
In this regard, research on the
language development and school readiness of children from
language minority households should focus on
how in - and out - of - home
language experiences jointly contribute to children's proficiency in both English and their native
language.
In light of evidence that children from low - income and
minority backgrounds are more likely to exhibit delays in
language and learning at school entry, additional work is needed to understand why these differences exist, and
how to best support parents in their provision of positive home environments for their children.