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Bilingual Education Research: How to connect in a culturally relevant way with Spanish speaking families
SRI Education researcher Katherine Necochea Tinco provides insight on how to connect with Spanish-speaking families in a culturally relevant manner.
Spearheading Innovations in STEM & CS | News from SRI Education | February 2023
This month’s newsletter highlights key STEM & CS projects that are having a positive effect in the field, the researchers behind this impactful work, and recent STEM & CS publications.
A move towards multilingual: why this term is better than others [for now]
The language we use affects the way we perceive our world. Language can help create new understandings and expand our view of what exists and what is possible, and it also can limit our understanding. The terms we use to describe students who speak two or more languages or speak a language other than English at home, for example, impacts how we envision and develop programs and policies for those students.
5 Things that Everyone in Schools Should Know about Suicide Prevention
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a significant increase in symptoms of mental health problems among school-aged youth. Most notably, the percentage of children with symptoms of depression and anxiety has become much larger.
Valuing and evaluating an único bilingual professional development program – BBILY
SRI Education is leading an external evaluation of bilingual professional development created by faculty from Santa Clara University and San Jose State University: BBILY – Bilingual/Biliterate Instruction for Bilingual Youth. BBILY strives to equip teachers with mindsets, theories, and instructional practices that can support bilingual students’ learning and leverage their linguistic and cultural identities.
Connecting, Leading, Sharing: SRI in the Field
We actively connect with educators and researchers in the field and lead networks to share best practices and useable findings…
Why participate in research with SRI?
Back in 2019, we had an idea to create the Student Behavior Blog as a way to disseminate our work and initiate discussions with our community about issues they face in supporting students’ well-being. Our Behavior Research Team swung into action to make that dream a reality—and the response has been incredible. Our team not only engaged with educators, community members, and mental health service providers to co-author blogs about their challenges and accomplishments on the ground, but we also compiled helpful resources from our colleagues to promote collective work in the field and across the country.
Measuring school climate
Getting and using feedback from students themselves about their school experiences is key to understanding school climate. But how do school and district leaders know which measures to use?