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Scott, Otis L., Jr. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
Texas has a proud history of being a multicultural state. Of its nearly 23 million residents (U.S. Census Bureau, 2006), none of its major racial or ethnic groups (Anglo, Hispanic, Black, American Indian, or Asian) constitutes a majority of the population. San Antonio, with a population of over 1.2 million, is the second-largest city in Texas,…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Human Resources, Minority Groups, Labor Force
Meyerratken, Leila – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2005
The author, a teacher at an Indiana middle school, describes how her Mexican ESL students took a stand and helped make a statement against racism. These students, who had a fascination with Asian culture, were indignant when they read an article about a street in Texas called "Jap Road." Adamant that the road name should be changed, the…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Racial Bias
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Nguyen, Thu Su'o'ng Thi – Educational Policy, 2010
The article explores the ways "uneven geographical development" conditions and is conditioned by local placemaking practices. Guided by David Harvey's work along with Henri Lefebvre's three dimensions of spatial production--spatial practices, representations of space, and spaces of representation or the "spatial imaginary"--I…
Descriptors: Parent School Relationship, Ethnography, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools