KU Researchers Receive Grant To Study Garden City

Associated Press - Wed 07:50 AM 12/05/2012

KU researchers have received a $40,000 grant to study how Garden City's 30-year population shift has changed local schools and what the results can teach educators across the country.

University of Kansas researchers have received a $40,000 grant to study how a southwest Kansas community's 30-year population shift has changed local schools and what the results can teach educators across the country.

Associate professor Jennifer Ng and professor Don Stull will conduct the study in Garden City, which has seen continuous immigration from around the world since the early 1980s. The professors say their work will have broad significance as communities across the Midwest, southeast U.S. and Canada are experiencing many of the same challenges and opportunities.

The duo will interview teachers, administrators, parents and students to learn how the community's demographics affect daily operations of a school district whose students include speakers of 21 languages other than English.

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Associated Press information from: The Wichita Eagle

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troy

Wednesday 5 December 2012 19:13 Report this comment

Garden City is over run with M e x i c a n s, most of them in this country illegaly. Round all of them up and send them back south. There, just completed the study for them. Maybe they will appreciate my help and donate the cash to help rebuild the AUTOMOBILE bridge over by Waters.