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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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Rivera, Héctor H. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2014
This study examines the impact of an intervention technology program--Community Learning Centers--designed to assist low-income Spanish-speaking parents in learning and using technology for family advancement. The study is based on a sample of 408 participants who completed pre- and post-surveys. Data collection was conducted across 2 years in…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Intervention, Spanish Speaking
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Rivera, Angelica – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to describe the educational experiences of a Mexican woman in Chicago's Little Village community in the 1980s. The author was born in Mexico and raised in Little Village which has been home to Mexican immigrant communities for decades. Little Village is also home to the largest Mexican-American population in the…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Immigrants, Womens Education, Womens Studies
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Alamillo, Laura; Padilla, Frank; Arenas, Rosie – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2011
This article describes a teacher education program in the California State University system that made significant changes in order to address and change the sentiments of new teachers in the Central Valley of California. It describes how a teacher education program focused on preparing faculty and teacher education supervisors to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change, English (Second Language)
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Jasis, Pablo; Marriott, Douglas – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2010
Children from migrant agricultural families have some of the lowest socioeconomic and educational indicators in the American Southwest, and migrant parents are often characterized by school personnel as "hard to reach" and uninvolved in their children's education. This study analyzes the process of school participation among migrant parents who…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, School Involvement, Parent Participation, Migrant Children
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Lukes, Marguerite M. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2009
This article discusses English-only policies as they relate to second language teaching for children and adults; explores popular perceptions and misconceptions about learning English; and discusses types of programs best suited for different students, depending on educational background. Examples from research and practice highlight the value of…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Bilingual Education, Misconceptions, English (Second Language)
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O'Leary, Anna Ochoa; Gonzalez, Norma E.; Valdez-Gardea, Gloria Ciria – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2008
In this article, we attempt to map out the "in-between" space between global and cultural narratives that mediates women's educational trajectories. Case studies of women living on the U.S.-Mexico border make visible these spaces, sites of "practices of emergence": the practices that emerge from incommensurable economic demands and social…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Hispanic Americans