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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Lee, Soyoung – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2005
This study examines the process of parent participation for a group of Korean parents in a Korean English two-way immersion program who were labeled "uncooperative." It adopts Ogbu's cultural ecological theory as the theoretical framework for examining the phenomenon and thus it examines both the environmental as well as the cultural forces that…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Garrahy, Deborah A. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2003
Gender differences remain in American schools and influence the learning experiences of girls and boys. Since students spend a large portion of their day in school, it is important to examine the beliefs teachers hold with regard to gender socialization. The purpose of this study was to compare the consistency between the gender beliefs and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Teaching Methods, Females, Elementary School Teachers
Kim, James S. – George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, 2010
This paper has three goals. First, it describes the broader research on summer reading loss. Second, it discusses how research and development efforts informed the key components of Project READS (Reading Enhances Achievement During Summer), a scaffolded voluntary summer reading intervention for children in grades 3 to 5. The second part of the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Programs, Models, Research and Development