This project report describes a program designed to increase the effectiveness of the general educational program for the Filipino-Indian community in the Bainbridge Island School System. The rationale is based on the need for improved home-school contact and communications, the need for improved average daily attendance, and the need for improved…

This position paper gives the results of informal surveys carried out by the Bilingual-Bicultural Task Force of the California State Department of Education. Only 60 to 65% of the teachers in the state bilingual programs are judged bilingual and 50% bilingual-biliterate. Almost all of the teacher aides are judged bilingual, and a large percentage…