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SPREADING THE WORD
Research and Publications
The Bronx Institute was founded in 1981, initially supporting historical research and oral history efforts documenting the story of immigration in The Bronx. Although the focus has shifted, research remains an integral component of The Institute’s work.
Academic Research
• Introducing Acoustics to Underrepresented Secondary Students: A Collaboration Between Universities in Informal Physics Education, by D.B. Bradley and A.M. Kelly
• Teaching Newton’s Laws with the iPod Touch in Conceptual Physics, by A.M. Kelly
• Vassar College - Bronx Institute Acoustics Workshop for Low-Income, Ethnic Minority, Urban High
School Students, by D.B. Bradley and A.M. Kelly
• Teachers as Agents of Change in Transforming Urban Physics Education, by A.M. Kelly
• Differentiating the Underrepresented: Physics Opportunities for Bronx High School Students in
a University Setting, by A.M. Kelly
• Transformative Informal Physics in the Bronx, by A.M. Kelly
• Teaching Physics in Urban Schools: Challenges and Solutions for Broadening Participation, by
A.M. Kelly
• Promoting Inclusiveness in Acoustical Physics, by D.B. Bradley and A.M. Kelly
• Charter School: The Unresolved Debate – Will Charter Schools Improve Equity and Excellence
for Latino Students, by Gloria Zuazua
• Profiles of a Migration: The Mexican Diaspora in New York City, by D.B. Bradley and
Herminio Martínez, editors
• Children of Two Cultures: Puerto Rican Children’s Development of a Cultural Self,
by Abigail Stahl McNamee
• Beyond Ellis Island: Latino Immigration to the United States, by Joel Najar
• Belonging to Two Cultures: The Children’s Voice, by Abigail Stahl McNamee
• The Latino Educational Crisis: Do Teachers Hold the Key to Transforming the Educational
Outcomes of Latino Students, by Gloria Zuazua
Practical Research
• The Bronx Immigration Finding Aid
• Teaching Newton’s Laws to Urban Middle School Students in a College-Based Science Enrichment
Program
Publications
• “The ENLACE Family-to-Family Guide: Schools of Hope in The Bronx”
• “Roadmap to College”
• Preparing New York State’s ELLs for Higher Education: An Educator’s Guide to College Access
for English Language Learners in New York State
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