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Valdés, Guadalupe – Intercultural Education, 2020
This article maintains that in spite of their seeming progress, Mexican-origin students in the US continue to face barriers that are typical of the complex challenges endured in public schools by minoritized and racialised peoples in the American context. It begins with a brief overview of the current-day demographics of the Mexican-origin…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mexican Americans, Barriers, Immigration
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Fránquiz, María E. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2018
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), signed in 1965, was a pivotal civil rights law to address the dream of equitable education for all children on the mainland and in U.S. territories. The ESEA was followed by the Bilingual Education Act (BEA), signed by President Johnson in 1968. The BEA specifically addressed the necessities of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Educational Legislation, Second Language Learning
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Thomas, Beth A. – Arts Education Policy Review, 2017
In 1968 the Bilingual Education Act marked the first comprehensive federal intervention in the schooling of language minoritized students by creating financial incentives for bilingual education in an effort to address social and educational inequities created by poverty and linguistic isolation in schools. Since that time federal education…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Visual Arts, Bilingualism
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Mavrogordato, Madeline – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
Sixty years ago, federal guidelines regarding the instruction of special populations in American public schools were nonexistent. Racial minorities, language minorities, women, the poor, and those with physical and mental disabilities had not been identified as groups that needed special protections. Much has changed since then. Federal…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Language Minorities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
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Jimenez-Castellanos, Oscar – Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, 2010
The state of California educates over six million or twelve percent of the nation's student population. Approximately three million are Latino and 1.5 million are classified as English Language Learners (ELLs). English Language Learners are significantly underperforming in math and reading compared to White students in all grade levels. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Elementary Secondary Education, Bilingual Education, Educational Finance
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Bilingual Resource Center. – 1973
This booklet presents a list of schools in New York City with bilingual programs funded by Titles I, III, and VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Information provided includes the name of the school, the community school district in which it is located, the school address, the title of the program, the project coordinator, and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingualism, Coordinators
Stanford Univ., CA. School of Education. – 1993
The report of the Stanford Working Group on Federal Education Programs for Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) Students focuses primarily on federal legislation such as the Elementary and secondary Education Act, and secondarily on broader reform legislation concerning this population. It gives an overview of current legislation and reform ideas, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Bilingualism