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Pifer, Alan – 1979
The bilingual education movement, begun in the 1960's and virtually mandated by the 1974 Supreme Court Lau vs. Nichols decision, is highly controversial due to public perceptions of bilingual programs; the apparent departure from traditional school language policy; and the concept of bilingual education as a strategy for realizing the social,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational History
Peer reviewedTrujillo, Octaviana V. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1998
Reviews the history of the Yaqui, first in Mexico, and then in Guadalupe (Arizona). Discusses the use of Yaqui, Spanish, and English within the community; community legal action against the school district over disproportionate special-education placements; resistance to school desegregation; a trilingual community school; and internal and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Community Schools
Peer reviewedRichardson, John G. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1979
An historical and sociological explanation is presented for the occurrence of overrepresentation of racial minorities in special education classes for mentally retarded school children discovered in the California public schools. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Black Students, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Historical Reviews
