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O'Donnell, Jennifer Lee – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Transnational flows in people and economy have shaped the need and desire for Mexicans to learn English and so many families enroll their children in cross-border schooling. These children, known as transfronterizos, live in Mexico and cross the border each day to attend U.S. schools. Through ethnography, this article explores the experiential…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, English Language Learners, Mexicans, Bilingual Education
Ochoa, Gilda L. – Rethinking Schools, 2011
In June, more than 40 years after the Los Angeles Unified School District tried to fire Sal Castro for his leadership of the 1968 Chicana/o Blowouts, it came full circle and named a middle school after him. As a young teacher, Castro was a key organizer of the 1968 student walkouts (called "blowouts" by the youth), when as many as 40,000…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Mexican Americans, School Districts, Youth Leaders
Miller, Robert – 1996
Mexico and the United States have reached agreements at the national, state, and local levels designed to improve the literacy and schooling of Mexican immigrants in the United States. National agreements include: (1) the Program for Mexican Communities Abroad, which links U.S. communities of Mexican origin to Mexico through programs administered…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries