Reports on a ethnographic study that investigated how immigrant high school students used Cantonese and English to achieve academic and social success in a Canadian high school where English was the language of instruction. Argues that immigrant students found meaningful ways to acquire the cultural capital of the dominant society. (CAJ)

The stories of 12 bilingual children in Massachusetts public schools, aged 6-14 and born in 9 different countries, are presented. The case studies were compiled through classroom observation and interviews with the children, their teachers, and their parents, and were conducted both in the child's native language and in English. The purpose was to…

The CAPISCO Bilingual Program at New Utrecht High School in New York is designed to offer bilingual instructional and supportive services to predominantly 9th and 10th grade Italian students. The target population consists of approximately 150 Italian language dominant students receiving intensive instruction in English as a second language…

This report reviews the bilingual program of a New York City school district (with large concentrations of students of Chinese and Hispanic backgrounds) whose goals were the training of bilingual personnel, the development of a bilingual-bicultural curriculum, and the development of a bilingual resource center. Discussed are: the implementation of…

The District 19 (Brooklyn, New York) Bilingual/Bicultural Elementary Program operated on the K-6 level in eight schools during the 1978-1979 school year. The broad goals of the program were to expand the number, scope, skills, services, and student-teacher interactions of the district's bilingual staff and to develop and administer a competent…

Field independence, traditions and assertiveness of counselors and Latino students are explored to help counselors function more effectively with Latino students. Latino students can be taught to be bicognitive, biaffective, and assertive. A model is offerred to assist counselors in this effort. Six examples of counseling methods, using…

This report summarizes the current status of bilingual education programs in the United States. It is the result of a study conducted to develop planning data as well as the data necessary for the design of future studies and evaluations of bilingual efforts. In the first section of Volume 1, the objectives and methodology of the study are…

This report contains a description and evaluation of the Bilingual Pupil Services Program, operated by the New York City Board of Education, Office of Bilingual Education. The basic goal of the program was to improve the reading and mathematics abilities of Hispanic non-English speaking pupils and Hispanic English speaking pupils who were one or…

First-year enrollments of minority (American Indian, Hispanic, and black) medical students declined from 1995 to 1996, endangering efforts to achieve a diverse physician workforce. Some institutions are recruiting minorities aggressively and making an added effort to support their persistence. Many minority medical students plan to work in poor…

Describes the Raising Achievement Project designed to address the need for more information on the performance of ethnic minorities for whom English is an additional language, and the need for support for children who have passed the initial stages of learning English. It also describes the action research model used to answer questions about…

Project Step-Up, a federally funded program which serves primary-level potentially gifted and talented children who are economically disadvantaged, bilingual, or have special needs, developed methods to involve parents in their child's educational growth and development. Methods include parent education seminars, home-based activities, and a…

Describes how two teachers in a fourth-grade classroom adapted the idea of literature study to a format that nurtured first- and second-language learning for all their students. Shows how choice of reading materials and choice of language to discuss what was read provided opportunities for students to raise their levels of both fluency and…

Highlights a reading teacher in a small New York high school against the backdrop of increasing pressure to demonstrate accountability, sharing classroom observations in the context of the state's education reform agenda, regulations governing compensatory education and English language instruction, school funding, and Title I provisions, and…

Describes the First Steps program for bilingual learners in elementary school. After discussing learning as developmental, examines factors in effective learning (problem solving, embeddedness, working memory, interaction, and time); explains the developmental curriculum of First Steps; discusses First Steps as a resource for teaching; and looks…

Addresses issues related to biliteracy development in children. Presents two case studies that highlight how children use the social processes and cultural resources at hand to develop their literate competencies in Spanish and English. Discusses special challenges in relation to the formation of biliteracy in classrooms. (Author)