This bulletin presents news and opinions of the staff of Project Brave of the St. John Valley in northern Maine. Included in this issue are a comment on education, a poem in French, a discussion of students' tools for a learning career, and many photographs of activities at Project Brave. (SK)

Traces the Bilingual Education Act's (BEA) evolution from its inception (1968) through its most recent reauthorization (1994) as the primary federal legislative effort to provide equal educational opportunity to language minorities. Discusses assimilation versus multiculturalism as a philosophical basis for education reforms, litigation preceding…

This teaching manual is the first in a series of seven (accompanied by a manual of self-assessment units) that have been designed for use in bilingual/bicultural programs. The components of the series may be used either individually or together. This manual explores the many issues concerning the responsibilities of public education to the…

Whether bilingual-bicultural education will become a change agent and secure equal status with other programs as a desirable and essential aspect of the American educational process is still a question. Like all socio-political issues, its future depends upon the attitudes and beliefs of the populace. One of the current stumbling blocks for the…