scholarly journals Book Review: Asian American Religious Cultures

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Garrett Trott
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Asian American ◽  
School Students ◽  
Religious Cultures

Asian American Religious Cultures (AARC) is an encyclopedic collection of essays and entries aimed at high school students, college undergraduates, and nonspecialist readers. This collection, written by a variety of experts, touches upon specific elements of Asian American religious cultures.

Asian American Dropouts: A Case Study of Vietnamese and Chinese High School Students in a New England Urban School District

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phitsamay Uy
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
New England ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Dropout Rates ◽  
School Students ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Asian American Student ◽  
K 12

In the world of K–12 education, the growing numbers of dropouts are a major concern. This article examines the dropout rates of Chinese and Vietnamese high school students. Using logistic regression analysis, this article examines the influence of ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status (SES) on dropout rates. The distinct contribution of this analysis lies within the intraethnic comparisons within the Asian American student population and its use of longitudinal data. The results of the study support existing research that gender and SES are related to dropout rates. Moreover, an interesting interaction between ethnicity and SES exists.

scholarly journals Book Review: American Indian Culture: From Counting Coup to Wampum

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 323
Author(s):  
Madeline Veitch
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Native American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Selective Approach ◽  
Upper Level

In his preface to American Indian Culture, Editor Bruce E. Johansen outlines a highly selective approach to documenting historical and contemporary expressions of Native American cultures. Aimed at upper level-high school students and college undergraduates, this work is framed not as an encyclopedic resource but as “an introduction to a large and rich field of study” focused on “the interface of tradition and change” across cultural expressions such as art, literature, music, and dance (xiii).

scholarly journals Book Review: Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 181
Author(s):  
Sally Moffitt
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
School Students ◽  
Important People ◽  
The Creation

Jim Crow: A Historical Encyclopedia of the American Mosaic is essentially an abridged edition of the editors’ earlier two-volume The Jim Crow Encyclopedia published by Greenwood Press in 2008. The 275 entries in the latter edition have been pared down to 104 “geared toward the needs of high school students” and selected to “focus on the most important people, events, and institutions involved in the creation, maintenance, and eventual dismembering of Jim Crow” (xv).

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