Navigating the American Education System

Release on 2020-05-01 | by Manuel P. Vargas

The purpose of this book is not only to show and tell, but to describe ordinary people attaining extraordinary results, who might also stand as good role models for the youngest- and fastest-growing group—Latinos/as—in this country.

Navigating the American Education System
  • Author: Manuel P. Vargas
  • Publisher: IAP
  • ISBN: 9781648020216
  • Category: Education
  • Page: 171
  • View: 604

Navigating the American Education System: Four Latino Success Stories showcases the educational journey of four Latino/a men and women who navigated the American education system successfully. Their success is significant given the multiple and varied challenges that most Latinos/as encounter throughout the K–20 educational continuum. The purpose of this book is not only to show and tell, but to describe ordinary people attaining extraordinary results, who might also stand as good role models for the youngest- and fastest-growing group—Latinos/as—in this country. Researchers of this topic offer compelling statistics, such as the following projection: Out of 100 Latino/a students, a few more than 50 will finish high school; out of this number, five will enroll in college; and out of the original 100, less than one percent will complete a doctorate. While the causes of low academic attainment for Latinos may vary, including limited financial resources and cultural differences, the lack of Latino role models in K–20 education may be a significant contributing factor. The expression, “You can’t be what you don’t see” is especially applicable to Latino/a students who seldom see people like them in positions of prominence and power in educational environments. Across the country, and in particular in states with high numbers of Latino/a students, as the K–20 student body becomes darker, the teaching and decision-making personnel remain light-skinned. Consequently, the absence of role models for an increasing number of students of color may contribute to low levels of aspiration. Many attempts and existing literature regarding the achievement gap of students of color, especially Latinos/as, seem to have had modest or no impact, even when statistical analysis and sound rationales are provided. On the other hand, the stories included in this book offer an alternative that may have an impact and long-lasting effect in the lives of students of color. Story messages tend to stay longer with us and enable us to make sense of complex situations, such as education, culture, and personality traits—persistence, motivation, resilience. Consequently, the stories in this book become vehicles to learn from real-life examples the abstractions of education, home and school culture, and other factors that contribute to academic success. Furthermore, the stories encourage people to write, tell, and share experiences to address ongoing problems; invite change where change is needed; organize thoughts and seek meaningful solutions; invite us to become cognizant about how our emotions direct our thoughts and “move mountains”; enable us to discover undercurrents that hinder organizational communication; direct us to pay attention to the little things that matter and build trust; awaken the good in people through an invitational approach, as opposed to one that it’s mandated; push us to avoid playing it safe and stick out our emotional necks when dealing with people; seek authentic voices to make room for new thinking; make time for people; and allow our voices to define the values we embrace.

Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Release on 2007 | by United States

I urge you to implement the simple , rational policy adjustments contained in the
DREAM Act that recognize America's ... Even for immigrants who arrive in the
United States as children , navigating the American educational system may not
be ...

Comprehensive Immigration Reform
  • Author: United States
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: PSU:000061513877
  • Category: Electronic government information
  • Page: 81
  • View: 706

Navigating the Volatility of Higher Education

Release on 2018-02-01 | by Brian L. Foster

Prior to this time, the extent of high quality educational research and evaluation
by African American scholars to investigate the experiences of African Americans
within the American educational system was suppressed by the absence of ...

Navigating the Volatility of Higher Education
  • Author: Brian L. Foster
  • Publisher: IAP
  • ISBN: 9781641131452
  • Category: Education
  • Page: 305
  • View: 532

Applied Anthropology provides a new perspective on today’s higher education environment. Volatile and unpredictable forces affect research and instruction across many sectors and levels, and global dynamics are among the strongest drivers of change. Further, within American higher education, daunting complexity and multiple layers of activity weave a rich tapestry of environment, structure, and culture. This book provides three complementary anthropological perspectives as a framework for analyzing the ground-shifting changes underway in higher education – the higher education mindset, political and policy perspectives, and instruction and learning. These domains intersect with many operational dimensions of higher education – research, health care, athletics, economic development, fiscal management, planning, and faculty roles/challenges – another way of framing the complexity of the situation we are addressing. Book chapters also provide a set of implications for higher education policy. The book concludes with a vision of next steps in research and practice to further anthropology’s contribution to higher education policy and practice. The intended audience includes both academic and professionals—e.g., faculty and students in departments of higher education, anthropology, and education policy. Higher education leaders, administrators, governing board members, and many others will find the book helpful in providing insight into today’s challenges. The book will also be of use to professionals outside higher education who work on policy issues, on meeting the needs of employers, and on preparing students for careers in public service.

Navigating Model Minority Stereotypes

Release on 2015-08-11 | by Rupam Saran

In the United States students have to take standardized exams in schools and
college entrance exams such as the SAT, but compared to the Indian system, the
American education system is more open, and there is less hierarchy in
education.

Navigating Model Minority Stereotypes
  • Author: Rupam Saran
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781317690405
  • Category: Education
  • Page: 258
  • View: 260

Though Asian Indians are typically thought of as a "model minority", not much is known about the school experiences of their children. Positive stereotyping of these immigrants and their children often masks educational needs and issues, creates class divides within the Indian-American community, and triggers stress for many Asian Indian students. This volume examines second generation (America-born) and 1.5 generation (foreign-born) Asian Indians as they try to balance peer culture, home life and academics. It explores how, through the acculturation process, these children either take advantage of this positive stereotype or refute their stereotyped ethnic image and move to downward mobility. Focusing on migrant experiences of the Indian diasporas in the United States, this volume brings attention to highly motivated Asian Indian students who are overlooked because of their cultural dispositions and outlooks on schooling, and those students who are more likely to underachieve. It highlights the assimilation of Asian Indian students in mainstream society and their understandings of Americanization, social inequality, diversity and multiculturalism.

A Leadership Guide to Navigating the Unknown in Education

Release on 2021-02-15 | by Sally J. Zepeda

Education in America Will Change The COVID- 19 pandemic highlights how
uncertainties of future disruptions can impact schools, requiring agility to respond
. Dr. Mark Elgart describes ... new to the American educational system. Most
reform ...

A Leadership Guide to Navigating the Unknown in Education
  • Author: Sally J. Zepeda
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781000375534
  • Category: Education
  • Page: 198
  • View: 770

Recognizing that education systems have been temporarily paralyzed in the past and likely will in the future—whether it’s because of a natural disaster or a pandemic—this important volume offers critical insights about how schools can effectively carry forward the mission of educating all children even in the face of system turbulence and disruption. Featuring Narratives from expert leaders in urban, rural, and suburban school systems, this book explores important questions about the "new normal" such as the ways in which students can and should learn, how educators can teach and lead effectively, and how schools can carry out important functions beyond their instructional mission. Chapters present inspiring stories of leaders and teachers who have rallied, rebuilt, and problem-solved in face of the pandemic and amid adversity, ultimately providing a roadmap for how it’s possible to rebuild and adjust while preserving the fundamental core of education. Full of takeaways and first-hand insights into how systems and their schools faced turbulence, disruption, and adaptation, this book is a must-read for today’s educators committed to making a positive impact on the students they have the duty to serve.

Navigating Within a Global Learning Community

Release on 1998 | by Andrea Grace Trice

They choose to study in the Program because they want an American education .
... As one commented , “ The good programs would have international students ,
because the American educational system is training foreign professionals .

Navigating Within a Global Learning Community
  • Author: Andrea Grace Trice
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: UOM:39015041789879
  • Category: Graduate students
  • Page: 696
  • View: 295

Navigating the Complex Issues in a California Statewide Mentoring Program for Mexican American High School Students

Release on 2000 | by Maria Guadalupe Mejorado

parents of linguistic minority students who possess limited English speaking skills
and who lack formal schooling are disenfranchised from the American school
system . While there is evidence that parents can and do respond positively to ...

Navigating the Complex Issues in a California Statewide Mentoring Program for Mexican American High School Students
  • Author: Maria Guadalupe Mejorado
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: UCAL:X60896
  • Category:
  • Page: 386
  • View: 855

American Journal of Education

Release on 1873 | by

This school , cstablished at St. Petersburgh , has a four years ' course of
instruction , and admits 240 government pupils , who are ... 8 , Navigation Three
months during the summer are given up to practical instruction under the
direction of the commandant of the ... General MILITARY SYSTEM AND
SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA .

American Journal of Education
  • Author:
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: IBNR:CR300037455
  • Category:
  • Page:
  • View: 843

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL Volume 31 Number 2 Summer 1994

Release on 1994 | by

... leave them conflicted as they attempt to adapt to the prominent values and
norms within their peer and school settings . ... school work , knowledge about
the implications of specific courses , understanding and navigating the school
system ...

AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL Volume 31 Number 2 Summer 1994
  • Author:
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  • ISBN:
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  • Page:
  • View: 538

Navigating School Transitions

Release on 2008 | by Eréndira Rueda

It is important to study these processes earlier in the educational system to
understand how resistance and academic ... factors that account for the academic
disengagement among many Latino and African American high school students .

Navigating School Transitions
  • Author: Eréndira Rueda
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: UCAL:C3501389
  • Category:
  • Page: 624
  • View: 305

Harpers s Popular Cyclop dia of United States History from the Aboriginal Period

Release on 1892 | by Benson John Lossing

AMERICAN LOYALISTS 36 AMERICAN PETITIONS REJECTED was that of the
Queen ' s Rangers , led by Major | Nova Scotia or Canada . ... and and Cornwallis
had been collected . their oppressions and cruelties excited the fierc - American
Navigation Acts ( 1816 - 18 ) . ... members of the party advocated tion which had
expended nearly $ 100 , 000 , 000 in a purely American school system , and ...

Harpers s Popular Cyclop dia of United States History from the Aboriginal Period
  • Author: Benson John Lossing
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: UOM:39015010308958
  • Category: United States
  • Page:
  • View: 264

Navigating The Digital Shift Implementation Strategies for Blended and Online Leraning

Release on | by John Bailey

... updating, or adding new applications will fix American school funding; it is “
overloaded, can't run all the programs we have attached to it, ... The 2008 report
from Center for Reinventing Public Education (CRPE), Facing the Future,
culminated from a six-year investigation. It outlines the problems plaguing the
nation's current school funding system and describes a detailed vision for a new
system that ...

Navigating The Digital Shift Implementation Strategies for Blended and Online Leraning
  • Author: John Bailey
  • Publisher: Digital Learning Now!
  • ISBN:
  • Category: Education
  • Page: 270
  • View: 136

Our nation’s schools stand at an important “inflection point” in the history of education. Taken together, the implementation of common college and career standards, the shift to next generation assessments, the availability of affordable devices, and the growing number of high-quality digital instructional tools create an unprecedented opportunity to fundamentally shift the education system to personalize learning around the individual needs of every student. Digital Learning Now! (DLN), a national initiative under the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), in association with Getting Smart, brings “Navigating the Digital Shift: Implementation Strategies for Blended and Online Learning” to readers interested in exploring the implementation challenges at the intersection of these shifts. Co-authored by John Bailey, Carri Schneider, and Tom Vander Ark, “Navigating the Digital Shift” offers updated versions of the eight papers originally released in the “DLN Smart Series” including contributions from 11 additional co-authors representing leading organizations such as Public Impact, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and The Learning Accelerator. Topics include: blended learning implementation, teaching conditions and careers, competency-based learning, student data, online learning myths, and student-based funding. Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida from 1999-2007 and Chairman of ExcelinEd, contends that the book “provides policymakers and education leaders the tools they need to use digital learning as a catalyst for improved student achievement.” AASA 2013 Superintendent of the Year Dr. Mark Edwards believes the collection “provides meaningful, practical, and poignant advice as well as commentary regarding the move to college and career ready standards associated with the shift to personal online learning and digital resources.” Rhode Island’s Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Deborah Gist describes the book as an “invaluable resource that will help educators re-imagine what our schools can look like and what our students can accomplish.”

The Immigrant Guide to the American Educational System

Release on 2017-08-04 | by Stephanie Mbella

This guide breaks down the structure of high school, walks parents and students through the college planning, college selection, and college application processes.

The Immigrant Guide to the American Educational System
  • Author: Stephanie Mbella
  • Publisher: PENDIUM
  • ISBN: 1944348379
  • Category:
  • Page:
  • View: 333

For many immigrants crossing the shores of the United States every year in search of a better life, an American college education is a gateway to a lifetime of opportunities. In spite of the availability of school-based resources, immigrant parents of high school students struggle with understanding the American High School System, and more with navigating the college admission process. This guide breaks down the structure of high school, walks parents and students through the college planning, college selection, and college application processes. It reviews common ways to help pay for a college education and underscores the importance of parental involvement in achieving success for college-bound students. The worksheets included help process the information provided and facilitate the dialogue between student and parent on college-related matters.

The American Cyclopaedia

Release on 1874 | by George Ripley

The United States commissioner numerous schools of the arts and academies of
education , John Eaton , estimating the value of design ... Schools of navigation
are founded upon the mathematical , physical , and found in most of the maritime
countries of Eunatural ... a part ties for public instruction in veterinary science , of
the educational system of various continenor they have been exceedingly limited
.

The American Cyclopaedia
  • Author: George Ripley
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: UCAL:B3057428
  • Category: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
  • Page:
  • View: 813

The American Cyclop dia

Release on 1879 | by George Ripley

The United States commissioner numerous schools of the arts and academies of
education , John Eaton , estimating the value of design ... Schools of navigation
are founded upon the mathematical , physical , and found in most of the maritime
countries of Eunatural ... a part ties for public instruction in veterinary science , of
the educational system of various continenor they have been exceedingly limited
.

The American Cyclop dia
  • Author: George Ripley
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: HARVARD:HN585U
  • Category: Encyclopedias
  • Page:
  • View: 665

The American Universal Cyclop dia

Release on 1882 | by

Toronto is the fountain - head of the Canada school - system , and its educational
institutions are numerous and well ... other Americans for the purpose of
navigating beneath the surface of the water , and injuring the bottoms of hostile
vessels .

The American Universal Cyclop dia
  • Author:
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: CHI:101445571
  • Category: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
  • Page:
  • View: 696

Educational Film Guide

Release on 1946 | by H.W. Wilson Company

15min 16 - si- $ 24 1939 Frith 527 Navigation Navigating a ship into harbor 527
Ocean liners 387 Rules of the nautical road 527 ... See Inland navigation Navy ,
American . ... See Unusual molluscs 591.92 Nervous system Nervous system .

Educational Film Guide
  • Author: H.W. Wilson Company
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: UCAL:B3098034
  • Category: Motion pictures
  • Page:
  • View: 250

Scientific American

Release on 1861 | by

lit* Scientific American. ... The improver of the engine, therefore, deserves the
most credit for this system of navigation. ... He received a tolerable common-
school education, and having exhibited a good taste for drawing, he devoted
himself to ...

Scientific American
  • Author:
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: UVA:X001601367
  • Category: Science
  • Page:
  • View: 807

Navigating Through Problem Solving and Reasoning in Grade 4

Release on 2005 | by Karol L. Yeatts

எஎ எ என் References Battista , Michael T . “ The Development of a
Cognition - Based Assessment System for Core Mathematics Concepts in Grades
K - 5 . ... American Educational Research Journal 33 ( October 1996 ) : 455 – 88 .

Navigating Through Problem Solving and Reasoning in Grade 4
  • Author: Karol L. Yeatts
  • Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English
  • ISBN: STANFORD:36105122965366
  • Category: Fourth grade (Education)
  • Page: 83
  • View: 568

This book features investigations in each of the five content areas of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. In addition to using Eratosthenes' sieve to identify prime numbers, fourth graders evaluate algebraic relationships in contracts between theatre owners and movie distributors. They consider geometric possibilities for rectangular puzzles, convert surprising real-world measures into equivalent but more comprehensible measures and examine tables and graphs to extrapolate missing data. As they work, they infer, generalise, reason by analogy, recognise relationships and make representations and they also guess, check and revise and verify their results. The supplemental CD-ROM features interactive electronic activities, master copies of activity pages for students and additional readings for teachers.

Navigating Through Problem Solving and Reasoning in Grade 6

Release on 2009 | by Denisse Rubilee Thompson

Battista , Michael T. “ The Development of a Cognition - Based Assessment
System for Core Mathematics Concepts in Grades K - 5 . ” National Science ...
American Educational Research Journal 33 ( 1996 ) : 455–88 . Stein , Mary Kay ,
and ...

Navigating Through Problem Solving and Reasoning in Grade 6
  • Author: Denisse Rubilee Thompson
  • Publisher: National Council of Teachers of
  • ISBN: STANFORD:36105124194163
  • Category: Education
  • Page: 120
  • View: 837

Problem solving and reasoning are students' processes of actively applying what they know to new problems from diverse areas of mathematics. Knowing a variety of mathematical ideas is insufficient unless students can draw on, integrate and use them to solve challenging, complex problems. The Navigating through Problem Solving and Reasoning books for grades 3-6 present hands-on investigations that nurture reasoning and problem-solving strategies in each of the upper elementary grades. In lively and challenging investigations for grade 6, students have opportunities to reason about parts of a whole, analyse patterns of growth, discover area formulas for familiar shapes, explore scale factors and similar figures and analyse a set of data to solve a real-world problem: how to arrange competitors in teams for an athletic festival. Students apply mathematical ideas from the five main content areas - number, algebra, geometry, measurement and data analysis. As they work, they infer, generalise, reason by analogy, recognise relationships and make representations and they also predict, check and revise and verify their results. Includes a supplemental CD-ROM that features applets for students' use and resources for teachers' professional development.