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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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Borrero, Noah; Lee, Diane Sookyoung; Padilla, Amado M. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2013
This study explores a story of success at a school where low-income, English language learners (ELLs) comprise a majority of its students. In this paper, we examine Bay Academy's teaching and organizational practices that make it a place where youth feel they belong and can succeed. Central to this description is its culture of college, community-…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Youth, Low Income Groups, English Language Learners
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Borjian, Ali; Padilla, Amado M. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2010
In this study 18 Mexican teachers of English as a foreign language in Guanajuato, Mexico were asked for their professional opinion about the teaching of English to Mexican immigrant students in the U.S. Teachers responded to a questionnaire that asked about attitudes toward the U.S. educational system, ways to support Mexican immigrant students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English Teachers, Teacher Attitudes