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Advocates for Children of New York, Inc., Long Island City. – 1989
This document presents testimony, policy statements, and recommendations on the educational needs of immigrant children at the elementary school through secondary school levels in New York City. An introduction describes the November, 1986, hearing at which parents, students, teachers, administrators, and members of community based organizations…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Advocacy, Childrens Rights, Civil Rights
Ramirez, Robert, Ed. – 1979
While legislators debate, courts differ, and limited rulings emanate, Texas school district boards and superintendents are faced with the day-to-day problems of trying to decide whether or not illegal immigrant children should be educated, and if so, where and how. The conference proceedings provide a means of sharing these concerns and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Costs, Court Litigation
Tomasi, Lydio F., Ed. – 1985
The proceedings of the 1984 Annual National Legal Conference on Immigration and Refugee Policy are collected in this book. Following a brief introduction, 16 papers are presented under three major headings: Immigration Legislation Reform; Immigration Legislation Practice; and Refugees: Policy and Legal Developments. The papers (and their authors)…
Descriptors: Church Programs, Federal Legislation, Immigrants, Law Enforcement
Chin, Laura, Ed.; And Others – 1980
This report contains papers presented and the transcripts of proceedings of a consultation to the United States Commission on Civil Rights on the civil rights of Asian and Pacific Americans. The proceedings are divided into nine sections. Each section contains the transcripts of summarized presentations of papers, discussions on each topic, and…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Census Figures, Civil Rights, Educational Needs
Van Herreweghe, M. L., Ed. – 1979
This collection of 24 articles explores how educational research, programs and policies in several countries are related to the issue of children's rights. Several of the collected articles focus on aspects of children's experience and development. Group membership, children's right to happiness, the development of an optimistic outlook among…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Civil Liberties, Educational Experience
International Migration, 1979
This document contains working papers prepared for a seminar on Adaptation and Integration of Permanent Immigrants, along with general and specific recommendations formulated by seminar participants. Conclusions and recommendations from each paper are presented in English, French, and Spanish; the conference papers themselves are presented only in…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adults, Biculturalism, Child Neglect
Mackey, William F., Ed.; Verdoodt, Albert, Ed. – 1975
The Ljubljana seminar, whose background and working papers are presented in this volume, was an outcome of the United Nations' consideration of the problems of ethnic and linguistic minorities. The twenty-five papers cover topics such as the study of multinational societies; the protection of minorities and minority rights in Yugoslavia,…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
European Forum for Child Welfare, Brussels (Belgium). – 1992
This conference report presents papers delivered during the three sessions of the conference. The first session concerned violence against children. In this session, two papers discussed the goal of achieving a healthy childhood for all children. The second session addressed the topic of early child care and education. Papers presented in this…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights, Day Care
Naz Foundation, London (England). – 1993
The Naz Foundation sponsors a project on HIV and AIDS education, prevention, and support among South Asian, Turkish, Irani, and Arab communities in Europe. As immigrants, ethnic minorities, and refugees, these people are not isolated from the societies in which they live, and are just as vulnerable as any other community to AIDS. A conference on…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Arabs, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1976
The five papers presented at the symposium were discussed and reacted to by the participants. In "Values, Ideology and Social Services" a socio-philosophical approach is used to compare Chicano values to the origins and development of the values behind the Social Welfare System. "An Oral History of a Mexican Immigrant" presents…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Case Studies, Conferences, Cultural Influences
Snyder, Patricia A., Ed.; Stone, Frank A., Ed. – 1972
These papers from the World Education Workshop on minority education present the question of minority education in its many guises around the world. Basic objectives of the workshop include bringing together people concerned with the polycultural and international dimensions in the preparation of professional educators, promoting recognition of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Hamilton (Ontario). – 1989
A workshop on Literacy and the Right to Know discussed the problems of illiteracy on the job, especially in the context of teaching workers about job hazards. Participants approached the topic from a number of angles: the dimensions of the problem of literacy in workplaces; the impact of Right-to-Know legislation; the role of training and…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Baker, Steven J., Ed. – 2002
These papers come from a 2001 conference that explored language policy issues at the global, U.S. national, and California regional levels. There are 15 papers in five sections. Section 1, "National Language Policy," includes (1) "Language and Globalization: Why National Policies Matter" (Chester D. Haskell) and (2) "Real…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Apartheid, Democracy, Diversity
Hujanen, Taisto, Ed. – 1984
The speeches and papers presented in this conference report are concerned with the information needs of migrant workers and immigrants and the current provision of this information in the press, radio, television, and educational systems of host countries. National reports on the situation of migrant workers in 14 countries are presented,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Civil Rights, Communication Problems, Foreign Countries
American Journalism Historians' Association. – 1995
The 14 papers in this collection all deal with 20th century journalism and journalists in the United States. The papers and their authors are: "Educating Ike: The Evolution of Presidential PR in 1953" (David W. Guth); "Crumbs from the Publishers' Golden Tables: The Plight of the Chicago Newsboy" (Jon Bekken); "'They Work…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Journalism, Journalism History, Journalism Research
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