Product Description: The authors of this practical guide delve into the social, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of America s school children to discover how today s teachers can tap into their students strengths and background knowledge.
Product Description: Authors Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford have identified five core communication skills to help students hold productive academic conversations across content areas.
Product Description: Jane Hill and Kathleen Flynn have examined decades of research, interviewed mainstream teachers with ELLs in their classrooms, and reviewed the classroom recommendations the seminal Classroom Instruction That Works (2001)
Product Description: Concha Delgado Gaitan, an award-winning professor, scholar, and first-generation Latina college graduate, shares winning strategies for creating effective college-readiness programs for Latino students at the district and school le
Product Description: More first-generation students are attending college than ever before. Despite this, there is no agreed definition about the term, and few institutions can quantify how many first-generation students are enrolled.
Product Description: Americans by Heart examines the plight of undocumented Latino students as they navigate the educational and legal tightrope presented by their immigration status.
Product Description: This book will support teachers, counselors, and administrators in creating a culturally relevant, school-wide, college-going culture to improve educational experiences and outcomes for Black and Latina/o youth.
Product Description: Alejandra Rincón is currently the Vice-president of Scholarships and Programs for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.
The fifteen Latino college students who tell their stories in this book attend Dartmouth College and come from a variety of socioeconomic, regional, and family backgrounds.
Product Description: Wise Latinas, forthcoming in 2014, is a collection of personal essays addressing the varied landscape of the Latina experience in higher education.