This article discusses the question of segregating Spanish-speaking pupils, with reference to New Jersey law and practice. Benefits of native language teaching are weighed against the social isolation this imposes on Hispanic students. Attitudes of Hispanic parents, court doctrine, and desegregation practices which focus only on race are analyzed.…

Three phenomena are examined in this paper: (1) the segregation inherent in the early stages of bilingual instruction; (2) the Hispanic view of school desegregation; (3) the treatment of Hispanic children by desegregating school systems. Court rulings, Federal guidelines, and other legal mandates concerning the segregation of national origin…