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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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Charting a New Course: Understanding the Sociocultural, Political, Economic and Historical Context of Latino/a Education in the United States
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Cammarota, Julio; Cannella, Chiara; Garcia, Emmanuel; Gonzalez, Maria; Irizarry, Jason G.; Moll, Luis C.; Nieto, Sonia; Pedraza, Pedro; Perez, Beatrix; Quinones, Sandra; Rivera, Melissa; Romo, Harriett; Valenzuela, Angela – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2012
The work of addressing the challenge of the education of Latinos/as has begun through, among other efforts, the National Latino/a Education Research and Policy Project, or NLERAP. Beginning in 2000 as a national initiative of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos at Hunter College, NLERAP's goal has been to add multiple Latino/a perspectives to…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Attainment, Action Research, Educational History
Institutional and Structural Barriers to Latino/a Achievement
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Valenzuela, Angela; Garcia, Emmanuel; Romo, Harriett; Perez, Beatrix – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2012
The problem of low academic attainment for Latino/a students may be a result of the situation at the K-12 levels, a situation that is beyond the control of students or their families (Martinez, 2003). Analyses of school success must take into account the social and political hierarchies in schools, school systems, and communities, as well as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Opportunities, Caring