In May 1968, 10 leaders of Southwestern minority groups--Amerindians, Blacks, and Spanish-speaking--gathered to share their educational problems and discuss collective solutions. From their thoughts on assimilation and integration, on living conditions, curriculum, local school board control, and teacher education, two ambivalences emerged: (1)…

As the size and diversity of the Hispano-American population of New York City has increased, a new tripartite pluralistic cultural situation based upon categories both physical and cultural has been emerging. A politicization of ethnicity is being played out in New York City schools. While Puerto Ricans are legal citizens of the United States,…

Discusses the potential of bilingual education for Spanish-speaking students. (LN)

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 unique educational problems confronting the Spanish speaking urban child are explored in this volume. It is divided into nine sections. Section I focuses on cultural heritage, immigration, and migration and includes a selection of articles that reflect the unique cultural and heritage backgrounds of the Mexican-American, Cuban, and Puerto…

This conference sought to bring to the attention of a broad audience of educators the problems facing Spanish-speakers in this country. The speakers, including Congressman Herman Badillo of New York, all agreed that not enough was being done to assist the person of Spanish background in adapting to a new and foreign culture, and presented specific…

Discusses sociological, psychological and pedagogical complications involved in providing English instruction for the Spanish-speaking custodians and groundskeepers on the campus of the University of Houston, and shows how strong motivation on the part of the learners was able to overcome them. (FB)

Considered the problems of non-English speaking children and the provision of meaningful educational programs for them. (RK)

New programs are seeking to meet the needs of Spanish-speaking children. (Editor)

In testimony before a May 1974 public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, the Director of the Puerto Rican Forum asserts that if the city provided strategically located schools that offered a bilingual program, this would be an incentive for parents to send their children; new meaning must be given to the concept of…

This information bulletin is published by the Documentation and Educational Information Center in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The bulletin reports on educational developments in the province and abroad, educational problems, statistics, legislation, documentation and information techniques, and information from international organizations.…

This information bulletin is published by the Documentation and Educational Information Center in the Argentine province of Santa Fe. The bulletin reports on educational developments in the province and abroad, educational problems, statistics, legislation, documentation and information techniques, and information from international organizations.…

Describes a bilingual education program that was field tested during the fall 1974 term. Since that time the program has been further tested and refined. (Editor/RK)

This bulletin, published in the Argentine province of Santa Fe, is the first in a series intended to report to teachers on all levels on educational reform, the important measures and approved proposals, and the ideas behind them. This issue contains policy speeches by several education officials in positions to effect educational improvement and…