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Download full textCuriel, Herman – 1988
The Bilingual Education Act of 1968 (also know as Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) recognized that the educational needs of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students could not be met by traditional, English-only instruction. This legislation provided funding to state education agencies and local school districts to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Educational Legislation
Zakariya, Sally Banks – American School Board Journal, 1987
Discusses controversial issues and describes several innovative programs involving language instruction for thousands of American school children with little knowledge of English. Lines have been drawn between "English only" advocates supported by the Reagan Administration and bilingualists favoring instruction in both English and native…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedWaggoner, Dorothy; O'Malley, J. Michael – NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, 1985
The 1980-81 Teachers Language Skills Survey shows dramatic increases in number and quality of professionally prepared bilingual education teachers since 1976-77, when the first training programs funded by the Bilingual Education Act were started. However, less than 25 percent of the teachers teaching bilingually in 1980-81 had basic qualifications…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, English (Second Language)
Berchuck, Irving; Tauss, Vita – 1974
Community District Number 24 in New York City made successful inroads into meeting the educational needs of children learning English as a second language. Meeting such needs helped to contribute to the stabilization of this large residential area. Initially, the government responded to the needs of these students by providing funds for the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Community Benefits
Wheeler, George; And Others – 1983
An external evaluation of the Title VII Bilingual Education Project was designed to: (1) gather a subjective assessment from personnel working with the project; (2) observe classroom teaching and activities utilized in bilingual instruction; and (3) to measure differences in levels of achievement on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS)…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Classroom Observation Techniques
