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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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Riley, Jeanetta G.; Gichuru, Margaret; Robertson, Jo – Multicultural Education, 2012
Teachers who embrace culturally relevant practices support children's learning by infusing "cultural referents" into the curriculum to provide children with learning opportunities that are related to their experiences outside of the classroom. They strive to establish congruency between home, community, and school and to use…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Focus Groups, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Huang, Grace Hui-Chen; Mason, Kimberly L. – Multicultural Education, 2008
A growing body of research supports the view that parents' attitudes, behaviors, and activities related to children's education influences students' learning and educational success. To date, research studying parental involvement in their children's schooling included elementary through middle school aged populations. There have been a few…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Parent Participation, Motivation, Educational Practices
Hein, Christina Judith – Multicultural Education, 2004
The author discerns two trends ruling with many of the teachers, intellectuals, and citizens of the United States. One is the color-blind-myth that Williams (1997) cites in her essay, "The Emperor's New Clothes": "I don't think about color, therefore your problems don't exist," is the phrase that she attributes to this "school of idealism". The…
Descriptors: Racial Relations, Integration Readiness, Racial Attitudes, Constructivism (Learning)