This report has a descriptive and evaluative delineation of those programs which have been (or are being) developed for Puerto Rican students in the public schools of Jersey City. The data of the report have been gathered in those schools with large Puerto Rican constituencies, and have been cast in the perspectives afforded by discussions with…

This Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III project aimed at assimilating foreign born and Puerto-Rican children in the Hoboken, New Jersey public school system. Eight programs are described: two-week staff visits to Puerto-Rican schools, teacher exchanges between Hoboken and Puerto Rican school systems, inservice course for teaching…

Bilingual education is defined here as instruction in two languages, one of which is English as a second language, and the other the native language of the pupils. Bilingual education is also noted to include a cultural component whereby students are taught about the history and culture of their own civilization as well as those of their adopted…