Hispanic Students in the Sink or Swim Era, 1900-1960.

Stein, Colman Brez, Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ323000

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Hispanic Students in the Sink or Swim Era, 1900-1960.

Stein, Colman Brez, Jr.

Urban Education, v20 n2 p189-98 Jul 1985

Discusses the schooling of Mexican American and Puerto Rican children in U.S. schools prior to 1960. Describes policies that aimed to force acculturation, ban the use of Spanish, and channel Hispanic children into programs that virtually guaranteed that they would pursue low status occupations. (GC)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Educational Discrimination, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Discrimination, Hispanic American Students, Immersion Programs, Language of Instruction, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Social Bias

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Language: English

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