Presents an overview of major simularities and differences between educational policy and administration in Canada and the U.S., with emphasis on educational finance, bilingual education, and government involvement. (JG)

On behalf of a national committee advising the Australian Minister of Education, two consultants prepared separate evaluations of language policy statements from the states of Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland. The three statements all support the teaching of languages other than English (LOTEs) in the public school system, but differ…

Recent studies of American Indian dialects of English have focused on efforts to determine whether the sources of such dialectal variation lie in interference from the native languages or in developmental errors in the acquisition of English. The implication of both assumptions is that educational intervention and the passage of time can eradicate…

A collection of 18 essays focuses on the linguistic problems involved in accommodating and educating displaced and migrant populations throughout the world. The essays are divided into three sections covering (1) language policy at the national level, (2) language in education policy, and (3) educational practice. Among the specific topics…

The proceedings of the hearings on the proposed bilingual education amendments of 1981, held in 1982 before the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, are presented. Statements and testimony from 33 witnesses regarding the role of the federal government in promoting bilingual education are included. The witnesses include…

This paper presents a profile of and an interview with the new superintendent of the Chicago Public Schools, Joseph Hannan. The problems confronting the new superintendent are the same as those faced by the previous superintendent except for the decrease in school enrollment and a financial crisis stemming from a depressed economy. Hannan views…

To keep the balance between internal and external needs in a modern world regional languages should be used as the media of instruction at the elementary level. Standardized link languages should be introduced at some point in the secondary level to ease the transition from monolingualism to multilingualism. Available from Humanities Press, Inc.,…

Evidence is cited to indicate that the ebb and flow of migration between Puerto Rico and the mainland results in ever increasing numbers of Puerto Rican children being the outcasts of two monolingual educational systems, each of which denies them their complex identity. The establishment of bilingual education programs is advocated in both the…

The article reviews the Massachusetts Bilingual Education Act of 1971. (NQ)

This volume contains an overview of bilingual education in each of the five extra-state jurisdictions which the study staff visited: American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Micronesia, and the Virgin Islands. The study was concerned primarily with the impact of federal bilingual education policy on each of the territories' bilingual…

This article presents impressions following an evaluation of bilingual-bicultural education programs in a New York school district. Different approaches to bilingual education are compared and contrasted. (CLK)

The Mexican American child lives in a different cultural milieu than the Anglo child. This results in a different political learning experience for these children. Problems and inequalities faced by Chicano children in the American educational system are focused upon in this article. New policies are suggested for improving the situation.…

The educational policy of the kingdom of Tonga, located in the South Pacific, boasts a high level of literacy in both English and the vernacular language (Tongan), making this country a thriving example of national biliteracy. While written English serves external relations, higher level administrative or educational functions, written Tongan…

Discusses the growing use of ethnic mother tongues as languages of instruction in Canadian public classrooms. Reviews the development of private ethnic schools and then examines the role, varieties, and motivations of public bilingual programs. Concludes that, despite the growth of public bilingual education, private ethnic schools will not become…

Discusses the pedagogical functions of bilingual education in Africa and outlines a tentative classification of African states according to the respective situations of the linguistic communities living in them. (Author/DB)