This article explores the fundamental role of teachers' lives as they work to create and maintain a small dual-language school. The Appleton Bilingual School (ABS) is chartered by the Appleton Area School District in northeast Wisconsin. ABS was established with the support of city and school district officials and has maintained that support…

Research has shown that many deaf students do not develop age-appropriate reading and writing abilities. This study evaluates the literacy skills of deaf students, hard of hearing students, and students with cochlear implants in bilingual/bicultural schools in Denmark. The results show that 45 per cent of the students did not have any reading and…

A brief review of the literature on bilingualism prefaces the study. Research which points up possible deleterious effects of bilingualism is cited. Two additional studies by Reigal et. al., and Peal and Lambert raise the possibility of bilingualism having some positive relationship to creativity. In this study, an attempt was made to examine the…

The history and future of bilingual/bicultural education are examined. (RC)

Describes the Oyster School in Washington, D.C. and their thorough bilingual program. (GB)

The passage of legislation mandating bilingual education in Texas school districts with sizable bilingual enrollments represents a significant step taken toward providing truly equal educational opportunities for the State's bilingual, bicultural students. (Author/DN)

This is the first annual report of the National Advisory Council on Bilingual Education summarizing the condition of bilingual education in the U.S. and the administration and operation of Title VII. The Council recomends, in summary: (1) that communication among groups in bilingual-multicultural education be continuous; (2) that states be…

Bilingual education (BE) has long been established in Mexico, Peru, the U.S.S.R., the Philippines, and a number of other nations in order to teach both the vernacular and official languages. In the United States, BE has received increased attention since the passage of the National Bilingual Education Act and Title VII legislation. Evaluation…

The United States experience with bilingual schools falls into two periods: from 1840-1920 and from 1963 to the present. Bilingual schooling may be said to have originated in Cincinnati in 1840, where a large minority of the population was German-speaking. During this first period, perhaps a million American children received a part of their…

This article outlines approaches, methods, and techniques in materials development for bilingual education in English and various Asian languages. (CLK)

This bulletin presents news and opinions of the staff of Project Brave of the St. John Valley in northern Maine. This issue contains a letter to the parents from the director of the program with a progress report, information concerning activities at the schools, and a description of student-centered language arts activities. (SK)