A critique of the article, Chicano Spanish Dialects and Education'', by Ernest Garcia (Aztlan;; v2 n1) is included in this article. (NQ)

Little is know about the educational, social, and psychological problems that migrant worker children experience. This paper juxtaposes what we know about domestic migrant worker children with what is being discovered about international migrant worker counterparts. The educational experiences in the country of origin and receiving nation are…

Argues that the international struggle for power by the United States, as well as the apparent potential for independent political action by Blacks and Chicanos, affected Federal domestic policy regarding the education of Mexican Americans. (GC)

This document contains the seven issues of "The Arizona Report" published in 1999-2002. A newsletter of the Mexican American Studies & Research Center (MASRC) at the University of Arizona, this publication reports on social, educational, health, and economic research on Mexican Americans and opportunities in higher education and…

Tomas Rivera, the son of migrant farmworkers, became a secondary school teacher, university professor, university administrator, and finally Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside (UCR). He published two novels in Spanish and numerous short stories, poems, and essays in Spanish and English. His and his family's experiences as…

THIS MONOGRAPH EXPLORES PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH THE EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON MEXICAN-AMERICANS, BY CONSIDERING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE FORMAL SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE INFLUENCE OF INFORMAL EDUCATION. SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS IDENTIFIED THREE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR SUCCESS--A GOOD SELF-CONCEPT, PARENTAL LOVE, AND TEACHER…

Reviews recent historical literature on the education of Chicanos in the United States. Identifies two major approaches, one which attempts to identify what educational institutions have done to and for Chicanos and the other which attempts to focus on the Chicanos' quest for educational equality. (JDH)

New research on Chicano education from the perspective of Chicanos illuminates the struggle for equality and access. The establishment of community schools (escuelitas) by Mexican Americans in Texas was intended to preserve Mexican heritage and language as well as prepare children for bicultural existence. (SK)

Many students of Mexican descent must learn how to be successful students. This study describes 5 students of Mexican descent from situationally marginalized lives who were a part of a support and retention scholarship program (College Assistance Migrant Program--CAMP). These case studies document how they perceived their learning and how they…

Developed to support Chicano studies and provide Chicano students with readings which would explore the Chicano heritage, this bibliography lists approximately 900 sources pertaining to Mexican history and prehistory. Included are materials relating to Chicano problems such as health and nutrition, employment and working conditions, education and…

Examining Mexican American heritage, this book covers Mexican American history from the time of the Aztecs to the present. Topics are: Aztec and Spanish heritage; Mexico's revolutions; the Mexican American's culture; education; and the present Chicano movement. Mexican Americans in Lubbock, Texas are also discussed. (NQ)

Access to some of the latest research findings and developments in Mexican American education is provided in this bibliography. A supplement to 2 previous ERIC/CRESS publications: "Mexican American Education, A Selected Bibliography" (ED 031 352) and "Mexican American Education, A Selected Bibliography--Supplement No. 1" (ED 048 961), the present…

This paper reports on the problem of disproportionately high remediation rates among African-American and Mexican American college students in the California State University (CSU) system. In response to this need, it is reported that CSU began a program of having incoming students complete any necessary remedial courses within their first year of…

The Brown v. Board of Education (1954, 1955) decision of the 1950s had no appreciable impact on ongoing Mexican American desegregation litigation during the 1st decade of its implementation. In the long run, however, it led to a shift in the community's litigation strategy for achieving equality of opportunity in the United States and for…