(1) Li, Jin, and Yoko Yamamoto. “Quiet in the Eye of the Beholder: Teacher Perceptions of Asian Immigrant Children.” Ed. Coll C. Garcia. Contribution to Human Development 24 (2012): 1-16. Print.
This article explores the difference in educational system between Asian immigrant children and their Western counterparts. By analyzing what each culture finds most important in education, it explores whether the American educational system actually helps or hurts Asian students. Since there is a large influx of Asian immigrants in our neighborhood, this may be applicable to the education system within the schools that serve our neighborhood.
(2) Li, Jin and Yoko Yamamoto, “What makes a high-quality preschool? Similarities and differences between Chinese immigrant and European American parents’ views”, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Volume 27, Issue 2, 2nd Quarter 2012, Pages 306-315, ISSN 0885-2006, 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.09.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088520061100072X)
This article ties more into the Headstart and early education programs, but also reinforces the ideas about Asian-American children and first generation immigrants
(3) Çelik, Servet, and Zeynel Amaç. “Are Teacher Education Programs Failing the Nation’s Urban Schools? A Closer Look at Pre-service Teachers’ Beliefs about Working with Inner-City Students.” Journal of Multiculturalism in Education 8 (2012): 1-23. Academia. Web. 24 Apr. 2012.
This article explores the need to prepare teachers for a diverse, multicultural, and possibly impoverished communities. Many teachers do not come from such environments, and there is little emphasis on teaching students from such backgrounds in teaching programs. This article helps to illuminate the need for a course on multicultural education for teachers who wish to involve themselves in diverse communities.
(4) Progress Reports for PS140, New York City Dept. of Education, through nyc.gov
(5) Progress Reports for PS142, New York City Dept. of Education, through nyc.gov
(6) Progress Reports for Manhattan Charter School (M320), New York City Dept. of Education, through nyc.gov
These first hand statistics for the three schools within out neighborhood will permit us to have a baseline idea of how the changing demographic in the past several years has affected the performance of the schools.
(7) Two interviews we conducted with department chair people at PS 142
These interviews give first hand accounts of what it is like to work in a school where diversity is a constant joy and a constant obstacle, and how students react to the diversity within the classroom.
