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García, Ofelia – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2010
This article traces the ways in which New York City schools have responded to the multilingualism of its children in the last forty years. I review here the past to construct the future--the future of the past. I argue that in the predominantly Puerto Rican community of the 1960s and 1970s a simple approach toward languages and bilingualism in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Futures (of Society), Language Minorities
Shuy, Roger W. – 1976
The relationship between sociolinguistics and educational concerns is examined, the focus of the paper being to discover how current developments in sociolinguistics are contributing to the field of bilingual education. Following a brief discussion of related legislation, basic questions concerning bilingual program implementation are raised,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction
Reyes, Vinicio H. – 1978
There are two purposes to this study: (1) to provide a rationale for bilingual education in Chicago based on history and the characteristics of the Spanish-speaking students; and (2) to propose an innovative model for a bilingual-bicultural program. American attempts at bilingual education in the public and non-public elementary schools from…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Cubans
Padilla, Raymond V., Ed. – 1980
This collection includes several papers each on the legal aspects of bilingual education, the politics of implementing bilingual programs, the role of the community in establishing and maintaining bilingual programs, and bilingual program models. In addition, individual papers treat: (1) the impact of research on programs and policy, (2) the role…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Community, Comparative Education
Daniele, Susana M. – 1977
This paper presents a brief historical overview and summary of the various approaches and recent developments in the field of bilingual education. The controversy that exists with respect to the different approaches to bilingual education has prevented the development of national goals and guidelines and the preparation of adequate evaluation…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, College Programs
Spolsky, Bernard – 1974
Bilingual education programs have been established in such Native American languages as Aleut, Yupik, Tlingit, Haida, Athabaskan, Cherokee, Lakota, Navajo, Papago, Pomo, Passamaquoddy, Seminole, Tewa, and Zuni. These programs include the: Choctaw Bilingual Education Program, Northern Cheyenne Bilingual Education Program, Lakota Bilingual Education…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education