Considers ways that the current heavy immigration from Latin America and Asia might be affecting the United States' culture, democratic principles, language, and racial relations. (GC)

Discusses the failure of traditional schooling in the Hispanic community. Marginal communities structure education very differently from traditional schooling and learning progresses at an incredible rate. Too often administrators fail to see the need for nontraditional programs that meet the needs of a particular group. (JOW)

Despite recent activities and the mounting of significant bilingual education efforts at federal and state levels, most schools and their personnel still do not respond as positively as they should to culturally different students. Statistics relevent to Hispanics as the U.S.'s largest ethnolinguistic group are given. (CE)

Bilingual education may appear to be incompatible with the traditional assimilationist goals of American public education. However, if bilingual programs can produce more educated Hispanic American citizens who can function in U.S. society, they will ultimately have served the cause of assimilation. (Author/ST)

Describes the need to broaden the civil rights agenda to deal more effectively with issues faced by the Hispanic community. Discusses the need for a continuing governmental role in addressing urban problems. (MW)

This article outlines the incidence and etiology of cervical cancer among Hispanic women, discusses screening and treatment, and identifies factors that may contribute to high incidence and death rate. Factors include Hispanics' utilization of health services, culturally based attitudes, and the role of Hispanic men. Implications for health…

Presents selected impressions of drama and theater with and for Hispanic youth. Quotes from interviews with teachers and artists. Discusses the perceptions of Hispanic youth, their experiences in drama/theater, problems with Hispanics in drama/theater activity, and language and bilingualism. Offers recommendations for the future and relates…

Contends that metaphors can be used in psychotherapy with Latino clients through incorporation of dichos, or sayings, that exist in Mexican American and other Latino cultures. Sees dichos as offering clinicians culturally feasible tools for mitigating resistance, enhancing motivation, or reframing problems, and they provide an ambience that…

Interviews Robert Torres, a Nuyorican who excelled at school and escaped the ghetto while his family remained, then made a documentary about the situation. This interview examines how poverty affects children; how teachers can help impoverished Hispanic students; how teachers helped him; how educators should be compensated; what making the…

Over 5.9 million Hispanic citizens voted in the 2000 US presidential election. Numbers like these make candidates take notice. As such, candidates and political parties are doing everything they could to sought the attention of Hispanic voters. In this article, the authors present some of the bills that were introduced by legislatures which…

A time limit ensures periodic review of a race-based program to make sure that it is maintained only if needed or, if necessary, modified to better achieve its goals. The 25-year time limit announced by Justice O'Connor grabbed public attention which shows that University of Michigan affirmative action cases would be of monumental importance to…

Teachers often play a mistaken notion of lecturing their students about the importance of the past rather than allowing students to discover for themselves the significance of past events. In this article, the author talks about the "detective" strategy he used which strengthens the critical thinking and analyzing skills of his students in their…

Institutional racism is responsible for the high Hispanic dropout rate in Michigan. The term "pushout" is more appropriate than "dropout" for these students who are systematically ignored and devalued until they become alienated and leave school. Negative expectations are broadcast to Hispanic American students as soon as they…

Minority language students can be successfully taught to write through programs that validate the students' experiences and cultural heritage. Adopting an approach developed by Eliot Wiggington in the Foxfire project, a California educator teaches his Chicano students English composition by emphasizing the richness of family and community folklore…

Describes the special needs of users wishing to do research in Latino culture and history, and the response by academic libraries in the areas of special collections, reference services, and instruction programs. A bibliography of references and resources is provided. (CLB)