Although in recent years federal, state and local initiatives have been directed toward improving the education of Hispanic children, no significant impacts have as yet been made. The major weakness may be that strategies are still being designed against the characteristics of the larger society and not against the particular minority group.…

The growing Latino alliances have provided for reflection and analysis of, and action to solve, such problems as political underrepresentation, biased testing procedures, monolingual English school policies, and sky-rocketing costs. (NQ)

Purpose of the Advisory Committee was to: advise the Assistant Secretary/Commissioner of Education on the problems central to the education of the Spanish speaking children and adults, particularly those of bilingual bicultural families; recommend, where appropriate, shifts in emphasis of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW),…

This annotated bibliography lists approximately 50 documents written between 1963 and 1971 relevant to issues and problems at the university level in Latin America. The documents, mainly from Latin America with some from the United States and Europe, concern development problems, costs, curriculum, planning, and resources. (VM)

This annotated bibliography lists approximately 30 documents written between 1959 and 1967 relevant to issues and problems at the university level in Latin America. The documents, mainly from Latin America with some from the United States and Europe, concern development, problems, costs, curriculum, planning, and resources. (VM)

The educational picture of the Mexican American is seriously impaired by the lack of Mexican Americans in schools of higher education. The high school graduate has had his cultural values and language assailed by the dominant Anglo culture. Psychologically scarred, he is faced with other impediments to personal and educational achievement. He is…

This document contains the legislation creating the National Committee for Analysis and Evaluation of the Educational System and the final report of that committee's first meeting. The report deals with each level from elementary to higher education. For each level it describes and considers curriculum, school buildings, human resources, current…

To spur English teachers to change their attitudes and methods in dealing with nonnative English speaking students, this autobiographical account by a Chicana woman describes how English teachers caused her to feel insecurity, frustration, and embarrassment about her use of language. Among the problems the author describes are her suffering at…