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Teaching English Language Learners in Low-Incidence Settings
(2010-06-03)
While it is not easy, there are several strategies that will help teachers craft lessons that challenge English-proficient students and provide support for students learning English. Some strategies involve differentiating ...
Catalysts and Barriers to Attaining Citizenship: An Analysis of ya es hora ¡CIUDADANIA!
(2010-09-16)
The ya es hora campaign is an historic nonpartisan Latino civic participation campaign launched as the Latino community's action-oriented follow-up to the immigrant mobilizations of 2006. The campaign represents the ...
Beyond the Classroom: Creating Pathways to College and Careers for Latino Youth
(2010-02-17)
This report is the result of a collaborative effort between the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and Contigo Research, Policy, and Strategy (Contigo), which is a social business that provides research, policy, and strategic ...
The Foreclosure Generation
(2010-02-16)
The Long-Term Impact of the Housing Crisis on Latino Children and Families. The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) partnered with the Center for Community Capital (CCC) at the University of North Carolina to conduct 25 ...
Survival Spending: The Role of Credit Cards in Hispanic Households
(2010-01-19)
Greater participation in mainstream credit and financial markets can set many families on the path to financial stability and middle-class life. Unfortunately, many Latino card users face serious challenges when entering ...
Raising the Bar: How AmeriCorps Members Are Increasing Literacy Rates in Latino Communities
(2010-04-08)
This report seeks to highlight some of the promising practices and illuminate opportunities for continuous improvement across NCLR LENS Project Affiliate sites. Furthermore, the report incorporates an extensive literature ...
NCLR Core Qualities for Successful Schools
(2010-06-17)
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) Core Qualities (CQs) for Successful Schools exemplify best practices for schools serving Latino students and their families. The CQs focus on eight areas: high expectations and high ...
Latino Mental Health in the United States: A Community-Based Approach
(2010-09-29)
Since 2004, NCLR's Institute for Hispanic Health has engaged in multiple efforts pertaining to mental-health-related issues among Hispanics. Through those efforts, it has demonstrated that community-based education programs ...
Heart Health in the Latino Community
(2010-09-29)
Based on the literature review and outline prepared by Tara Hacker and Britt Rios-Ellis. In 2007, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) partnered with Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals to create educational materials ...
Speaking Out: Latino Youth on Discrimination in the United States
(2010-10-21)
This study shows that Latino youth in the U.S. experience pervasive stereotyping based on assumptions about their ethnicity. This report looks at the perceptions and experiences of Latino teenagers in settings as varied ...