This chapter reviews court decisions in education during 1986 that addressed issues related to student rights and the jurisdiction of schools with respect to pupils. The first section of the review covers the issues of public school assignment, tuition, transportation, and compulsory attendance. This is followed by short discussions of cases…

Equal Career Opportunities is a program that aims to provide instruction in English language skills while offering bilingual instruction in basic skills and pre-occupational training to limited-English-proficient Spanish-speaking and Haitian high school students at three schools in New York City. This report describes the program as it was…

In this report detailed summaries are provided of 108 Federal programs set up to provide funds for individual projects in elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, and special categories (bilingual and minority education, special education and rehabilitation services, vocational and adult education, and educational research and…

The 1977-78 evaluation report of an interstate bilingual early education program for migrant children from age 3 through third grade which operates two permanent sites in Washington and one site in Texas, presents the program's progress in each of five components: instruction, staff development, parent and community involvement, materials…

The 1978-79 evaluation report of an interstate bilingual early education program for migrant children from age 3 through third grade which operates year-round sites at Connell and Moses Lake, Washington and at La Grulla, Texas, presents a narrative program description and the progress made in each of five components: instruction, training,…

This report describes, provides demographic data for, and evaluates a bilingual program for Spanish speaking students at Walton High School, the Bronx, New York. The program, serving 204 Hispanic students in 1980-81, emphasizes English preparation in order to enter the job market. The instructional component is interdisciplinary in scope and…

This report is an evaluation of a Title VII Bilingual Program conducted in New York City in 1979-1980 for Spanish speaking students. A program description outlines the methods used for selecting students for the bilingual program. A discussion of the evaluation's design and objectives is also included. The report presents student test scores in…

Technical reports of projects funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I and summer components of the projects in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania school system are presented. Following a summary statement, each project is described separately and contains information on the project's rationale, expected outcomes, mode of…

This book's purpose is to satisfy a perceived need for a straightforward, non-academic, non-bureaucratically worded guide to bilingual education planning and to provide objective information on compliance procedures and federal and state funding opportunities to school district policy planners, whether they be administrators, teachers, or parents.…

In 1995, the Albuquerque (New Mexico) school district devised a plan to merge special education, cross-cultural education, Indian education, and Title I with the general education program, designated the Unified Education System (UES). Considering the abrupt implementation of UES in the first year and subsequent confusion regarding staff positions…

The purpose of this report was to describe the first year of the implementation of a bilingual program consisting of three levels of instruction: preliterate, beginning, and intermediate. Students were placed in one of the three levels following state and district guidelines. The instruction implemented was designed to serve students with little…

Project Compugrafia.LEP (Limited English Proficiency) was designed to provide supplementary services and materials to existing bilingual special education programs in nine elementary schools in the Bronx (New York). The 471 project students were mildly to moderately disabled children from low-income Spanish-speaking families. The components of the…

Success for All is a comprehensive schoolwide restructuring program that has improved reading achievement, increased attendance, reduced special education referrals and placements, and virtually eliminated within-grade retentions in high-poverty elementary schools serving African American children. It is noted that as Success for All has expanded…

This report describes the purpose, funding, services, administration, and effectiveness of 145 programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education during fiscal year 1991; and briefly covers planned studies. It outlines 35 Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, 4 Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, 36 Office…

An evaluation was conducted of the fourth year of a 5-year program in New York City, Choosing Optional Infused Career Education for Students in High School Bilingual Programs (Project CHOICE). The project is designed to provide services to Spanish-speaking and Haitian-speaking students of limited English proficiency at Fort Hamilton and…