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Vang, Christopher T. – Multicultural Education, 2006
Many immigrant children encounter many difficulties and challenges in the public school. As a result, countless bilingual and limited-English-proficient students are lagging behind their peers. Minority students are labeled and treated differently from their classmates. Although equally capable, they are receiving a second-class education. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Minority Groups, School Culture, Limited English Speaking
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Vang, Christopher T. – Multicultural Education, 2005
Although much research has been done on bilingual students from a variety of backgrounds, little research has been done specifically on the needs of K-12 Hmong students. Hmong students are refugees and children of refugees who immigrated to the United States since 1975, leaving their home country of Laos. California public schools have…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Refugees, Public Schools, Limited English Speaking