The author finds the Khmer refugee parents of children in Boston area schools to be relatively uninterested in the question of their children's education, following from a fatalistic outlook that distinguishes them from other Southeast Asian refugees, whose children are urged to succeed against all odds. (DM)

Suggestions are given for two types of programs: the general bilingual education program and the Vietnamese Refugee Program. (AG)

This handbook is designed for administrators and teachers dealing with Indochinese refugees from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The first section provides the reader with basic information on the personal and behavioral characteristics of Indochinese at home and in school. The second section gives practical suggestions on how to keep student records…

This paper evaluates the Seattle (Washington) School District's 5-year Bilingual Resource Service Model project. The project aimed to improve bilingual education services for elementary limited English proficient students of Chinese, Laotian/Hmong/Mien, Vietnamese, or Cambodian native language backgrounds by increasing the instructional…

Massachusetts passed the first state legislation mandating bilingual education in 1971, the Transitional Bilingual Education Bill (TBE). This publication contains five case studies that demonstrate how teachers and schools have responded to the needs of their minority group students. The first case study, "Bilingual Education in a Bilingual…