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Oxford, Rebecca; Stupp, Paul; Pol, Louis; Lopez, David; Peng, Samuel; Gendell, Murray – National Center for Education Statistics, 1981
The non-English language background (NELB) population is projected to increase from 28 million persons in 1976 to 30 million in 1980, 34.7 million in 1990, and 39.5 million in the year 2000. The total number of limited English proficient (LEP) children ages 5-14 estimated for 1976 is 2.5 million, with a drop to 2.4 million in 1980 and a gradual…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Age Differences, Geographic Location, Language Usage
Tijerina, Andres – 1994
This book details the history of Texas between 1821 and 1836 and describes the two-way exchange of land, power, culture, and social institutions between the Anglo-American frontier and the Hispanic frontier. In 1821, when Anglos first began to settle in the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas, Tejanos had had permanent settlements in place for…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interrelationships, Educational Development
Cantu, Mario G.; Garza, Francisco – AGENDA, 1981
On July 22, 1980, in U.S. Federal District Court in Texas, Judge Woodrow Seals declared unconstitutional Section 21.031 of the Texas Education Code which restricted children of undocumented immigrants from attending Texas public schools. The decision's effect is to affirm the Constitutional right to an education regardless of immigration status.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acculturation, Admission Criteria, Children