Diversity Is an Important Classroom Resource
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Date
2008
Authors
Schecter, Sandra
Ippolito, John
Rashkovsky, Karine
Cummins, Jim
Chow, Patricia
Pease-Alvarez, Lucinda
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Abstract
After-school programs, focused on immigrant students and their parents, can improve the performance of students and also get parents more involved in their children’s schooling. It is important to use diversity as a resource in the classroom.
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Education, Diversity, Immigration
Citation
Schecter, S. R., Ippolito, J., & Rashkovsky, K. (2007). Schools in transition: Giving parents part of the PIE. Educational Leadership, 64(6), 69-71. AND Cummins. J., Chow, P., & Schecter, S. R. (2006). Community as curriculum. Language Arts, 83(4), 297-307. AND Pease-Alvarez, L., & Schecter, S. R. (Eds.). (2005). Learning, teaching, and community: Contributions of situated and participatory approaches to educational innovation. London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.