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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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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Citizenship Education: Using African Proverbs as Tools for Teaching in Urban Schools
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Grant, Rachel A.; Asimeng-Boahene, Lewis – Multicultural Perspectives, 2006
Preparing today's children to be tomorrow's global citizens will require social educators who have knowledge of the histories, experiences, and cultural practices of the children they teach. This article offers culturally responsive pedagogy and the African proverb as frames for teaching African American students to become engaged local and global…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Citizenship Education, Culturally Relevant Education
Forging Multilingual Communities: School-Based Strategies
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Grant, Rachel A.; Wong, Shelley D. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
In this article, we share how 2 multilingual/multicultural school communities work to build strong relationships with immigrant families to support parent involvement and language minority student achievement. (Contains 1 footnote.)
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Multilingualism