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Arab American Students in Public Schools Arab Americans in U.S. schools represent more than 20 countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa. They share many similarities with other immigrant groups seeking to establish an ethnic identity in a heterogeneous country, but they also face additional challenges. These result especially from negative stereotyping; racism and discrimination; widespread misinformation about their history and culture; and, for the majority who are Muslim, the need to find ways to practice their religion in a predominantly Judeo-Christian country (Jackson, 1995).
by Wendy Schwartz The Public Purpose of Private Schools: Putting Independent Shoulders to the Commonweath Independent schools are uniquely positioned to make a difference in the public domain. Given the societal turf independent schools occupy, the considerable resources they command, and the powerful network of caring and influential people they attract, independent schools have the opportunity – and, I believe, the obligation – to do more than educate 1.5 percent of our nation's children exceptionally well. By Albert
M. Adams What Should Parents and Teachers Know About Bullying?
Excerpted from a brochure of ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education The
Trouble with the Standards Movement
by Peter D. Relic, President of National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) With the best of intentions, President George Bush and the nation's governors met in 1989 in Charlottesville, Virginia, to make the schools of the United States into world-class institutions, competitive with the best schools among industrialized countries. By calling for the creation of high standards with tests to measure student achievement and to hold teachers accountable, the U.S. would produce workers to meet the needs of business in a rapidly changing, high-tech global economy. Community Service Learning and Development In Community Service Learning and Development, democratic and developmental experiences result in teamwork, high morale, and a community of caring among school staff, students, parents, business people, politicians, local citizens, and human service program staff and clients. By Bill
Jennings, CSLD Coordinator  Discipline
Project Tests Group Participation
New Justice Department research helps validate the need for all members of the "school community" to work together to improve campus climates and curtail bullying. By Nancy Ames and Bill Jennings Straddling Two Worlds: The experience of Vietnamese Refugee Children in the United States This monograph provides educators, counselors, and other professionals who work with Vietnamese children with information on their background and a summary of current research findings about them and their families. It has practical implications for meeting the needs of Vietnamese children as well as immigrant children of other homelands, such as bicultural pressures. by Min
Zhou, University of California, Los Angeles, Click
for external link to this research paper: The Challenges of Parent Involvement Research Despite the validity of some studies, much parent involvement research to date contains serious methodological flaws. But it is possible that more effective parent involvement will generate cost savings by lessening the need for remedial and other special programs. By Amy J. L. Baker and Laura M. Soden School Strategies for Increasing Safety The recent incidents of horrible violence at presumably safe schools in protected communities has caused great concern and disillusionment as teachers, parents, and students face the fact that even these schools are vulnerable to violent acts. Numerous reports show schools organizing to manage such a potential crisis. But are public schools really dangerous places? Should school officials be organizing crisis intervention plans to manage a possible school shooting? by
Patrick H. Tolan A Symbiosis of Sorts: School Violence and the Media
The schools and the media sometimes seem locked in a symbiotic dance of death, making it difficult to think about school violence without taking note of its connection to the ever-present media. by
Gene I. Maeroff
How can middle schools promote the development and education of adolescents? How can they focus students' attention on career opportunities and training? This article offers families some ideas about how they can encourage their children's career awareness. by Wendy Schwartz New
Information on Youth Who Drop Out: New studies compare the school and personal lives of both graduates and dropouts and the value to dropouts of color of getting a General Educational Development (GED) diploma. This leads to some surprising, and encouraging, conclusions. by Wendy Schwartz Career Development for African American and Latina Females African American and Latina adolescent females need extensive support for developing and implementing career plans. There is a need to provide female adolescents of color with a career education that will enable both economic self-sufficiency and personal fulfillment. by Jeanne Weiler
Developing Social Competence in Children Changes in the way families are organized and function have resulted in less, and possibly lower quality, adult-child closeness. At the same time, children have been bombarded with increasing amounts of violence in the media. This brief presents an overview of effective strategies for use with children in elementary school to improve their growth.
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