In response to these statistics regarding Mexican-Americans, the San Francisco Chronicle in 2000 stated that, "`They do all the menial jobs, here. ... In 1986, the Los Angeles Times cited the San Diego school district as an example of a Mexican-American community hampered by many students" decisions to quit school. Of over 15,000 Mexican-Americans in the San Diego schools, 25.2 percent dropped out, compared to 14.1 percent of 51,998 white students in the area. ...

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For the past thirty years in the State of California, bilingual education has been undertaken by all the public schools of the state. Under such system, children of non-American ethnic have had a special treatment in their early academic career. Children of minority groups have been thought various subjects in their native tongues. Such subjects are Math, History and some Science classes. The bilingual program presented the student a scholastic curriculum that simultaneously instructed students all the required classes while teaching them the English language. ...

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Imagine a world in which college tuition was nonexistent, and the only prerequisite to entering college was getting good grades. With this stipulation, people who wish to attain a higher education will have a better chance to do so. They can solely base the college that they wish to attend by considering the social, academic, and extracurricular aspects of the college. However, in the United States, the hard work put into trying to attend your dream school may not matter due to the high costs of college tuition. Now, students who wish to go to a particular school may not have the chance to do...

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Title IX and Its Effect on Men's College Swimming College sports are very important to not only the athletes who participate in the sports but also to the schools themselves. The student athletes bring money and attention to the school that otherwise would not have been attainable. College sports also boost the school spirit of colleges. It gives the students something to come out and cheer for. Many college athletes participate in college athletics with a greater goal in mind, whether it is playing their chosen sport professionally or training to achieve a spot on the Olympic te...

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The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and for...

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Abstract The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of student led conferences on minority student achievement. The study focuses on the social problem of student achievement and understanding how parental involvement influences minority student achievement. It is important for parents, as well as school districts, to understand the role of parents and the districts in the success of students. The foundation of the study is based on the theoretical frameworks of parental involvement and minority student achievement from Ogbu and Cross. The key research questions will focus on what pa...

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