Professor Miren Uriarte is a senior research associate at the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy, where she served as founding director from 1989 to 1993. She is a sociologist, specializing in applied sociology, particularly race and ethnic relations. Her areas of expertise include institutional development in minority communities, policy analysis focused on the differential impact of social policy on minority communities in general and on Latinos in the U.S. specifically, and program development and evaluation research in education, health care, and human services in the U.S. and abroad.
Research Reports
Enrollment and Academic Outcomes of English Language Learners in Pre-K to Grade 3 in the Boston Public Schools, SY2009: Data Points for a Discussion at Wheelock College (with Faye Karp), Gastón Institute Publications (2012)
This brief report focuses on the enrollment, characteristics and academic outcomes of English Language Learners...
Improving Educational Outcomes of English Language Learners in Schools and Programs in Boston Public Schools (with Faye Karp, Laurie Gagnon, Rosann Tung, Sarah Rustan, Jie Chen, Michael Berardino, Pamela Stazesky, Eileen de los Reyes, and Antonieta Bolomey), Gastón Institute Publications (2011)
Using 4 years of student-level demographic, enrollment and testing and school-level characteristics, this study analyzes...
Learning from Consistently High Performing and Improving Schools for English Language Learners in Boston Public Schools (with Rosann Tung, Virginia Diez, Laurie Gagnon, Pamela Stazesky, Eileen de los Reyes, and Antonieta Bolomey), Gastón Institute Publications (2011)
Against a backdrop of increasing BPS ELL enrollment, district ELL leadership transitions, state and federal...
Educational Outcomes of English Language Learners in Massachusetts: A Focus on Latino/a Students (with Faye Karp), Gastón Institute Publications (2010)
This report analyzes trends in enrollment and outcomes for English Language Learner stu- dents (ELLs),...
English Learners in Boston Public Schools: Enrollment and Educational Outcomes of Native Spanish Speakers (with Nicole Lavan, Nicole Agusti, and Faye Karp), Gastón Institute Publications (2009)
In November 2002, the voters of Massachusetts approved Referendum Question 2. This referendum spelled an...
Articles
When They Need Help the Most: Public Services for Immigrants (with Phillip Granberry), New England Journal of Public Policy (2004)
Ending unauthorized immigration is at the heart of current federal initiatives in both immigration and...
Holding to Basics and Investing for Growth: Cuban Education and the Economic Crisis of the 1990’s, Gastón Institute Publications (2003)
Since the middle of the 1980’s, processes of economic restructuring have led to large changes...
Presentations
Identifying Success in Schools and Programs for English Language Learners in Boston Public Schools (with Michael Berardino; Jie Chen; Virginia Diez; Faye Karp; Sarah Rustan; Rosann Tung; Laurie Gagnon; Pamela Stazesky; Eileen de los Reyes; Antonieta Bolomey; and Gaston Institute, University of Massachusetts Boston), Office of Community Partnerships Posters (2012)
The Gastón Institute collaborates with government agencies, community organizations and foundations in applied research aimed...
Trends in Enrollment and Outcomes for Latino Children in Massachusetts Public Schools (with Nicole Lavan), Gastón Institute Publications (2006)
Looks at enrollment data related to Latino students in Massachusetts Public Schools since 1988.
The Meaning of the Browning of America, Gastón Institute Publications (1991)
Many of you are in the same position that many of us are in the...