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Offenberg, Robert M.; And Others – 1983
The project is designed to support the school district's voluntary desegregation plan by providing a highly individualized program to attract pupils from outside the school boundaries. A Bilingual-Bicultural Learning Center and supportive instruction personnel were installed in the school to help with the variety of needs of the individual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English, Hispanic Americans
Cotayo, Armando; And Others – 1983
The Bilingual Academic and Career Orientation Program (BACOP) at George Washington High School in New York City is a basic bilingual secondary education program with a career orientation focus. In 1981-82, the program offered bilingual instructional and supportive services to 250 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency in grades nine…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Planning, English (Second Language)
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86 Project MASTER an innovative Title VII program emphasizing language development through bilingual instruction in mathematics and science, served 640 students of limited English proficiency (LEP) at six elementary schools in the Bronx, New York. Most of the students were born in Puerto Rico, but many were from the Dominican Republic,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, Hispanic Americans, Limited English Speaking
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86, the Career Advancement through Bilingual Education Skills (CABES) project was in the final year of a three-year funding cycle at Seward Park High School in Manhattan, New York. The project's major goal was to provide career advancement skills to a population group of 279 students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Included in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, High Schools, Hispanic Americans
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86, the Bilingual Education and Career Awareness (BECA) Program at Adlai Stevenson High School (Bronx, New York) completed the final year of a three-year funding cycle. The program offered a bilingual academic and industrial arts/vocational education program to 250 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades 9-12. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Curriculum Development, High Schools
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
This report describes and evaluates the first year of Project Beacon, a bilingual program implemented at four high schools in Queens, New York, in 1985-86. Project Beacon provided instruction in English as a second language, in native language arts, in bilingual academic subjects, and in career-oriented subjects. It reached 570 Spanish-, Chinese-,…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Curriculum Development
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86, Project COM-TECH offered bilingual individualized instruction to 300 limited-English proficiency students at two New York City high schools (Bushwick in Brooklyn, and Brandeis in Manhattan). Using an enrichment approach, the project provided supplementary instruction in English as a second language (ESL), native language arts, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Haitians
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
In 1985-86, the second year of funding, Project CARIBE proposed to increase career awareness among Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) through a computer-literacy program. The project operated at two schools in Brooklyn, New York, Eastern District High School and Clara Barton High School, but after the number of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Equal Educational Opportunities. – 1986
The basic premise of this handbook is that effective bilingual programs can occur only within a school context that is itself effective. A foreword argues that: (1) bilingual education programs must be better integrated into the mainstream of local school district programs, and (2) limited-English proficient (LEP) students should be assigned to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The Computers in Bilingual Education program at South Bronx High School (New York) completed its first year of operation in June, 1985. The program offered limited English speaking students computer-assisted instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), native language arts, social studies, math, and science, and also provided instruction in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, High Schools

Santiago, Isaura Santiago – American Journal of Education, 1986
"Aspira v. Board of Education" required the implementation of a transitional bilingual-education program in New York City. However, the Board has failed to provide the program to large numbers of children, to systematically monitor implementation, and to evaluate the educational outcomes of the consent-decree program for limited English…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Civil Rights Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Torres, Judith A.; And Others – 1983
The Basic Trilingual Program at Flushing High School in Queens, New York City, provides instruction in English as a second language, native language arts instruction, and bilingual instruction in different content areas to Spanish speaking and Korean speaking high school students of limited English proficiency. The program is also involved in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), High Schools
Collazo-Levy, Dora; And Others – 1983
To expedite acquisition of English language skills needed for full mainstreaming, the Bilingual Basic Skills Program at South Bronx High School in New York City provided instruction in English as a second language and native language arts, and bilingual mathematics, science, and social studies for 370 Spanish speaking students of limited English…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), High Schools, Hispanic Americans
Cruz, Carlos – 1996
The history of Texas' implementation of bilingual education is examined through a review of relevant literature and court litigation, and a survey of school district superintendents and administrators on this topic is reported. In interviews with the administrators, it was found that bilingual education and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Court Litigation, Educational History, Federal Legislation
Sjostrom, Barbara R.; And Others – 1983
Project "A Warm Welcome" at Bushwick High School in New York City is a comprehensive Spanish-English bilingual/bicultural program that provides instruction in English as a second language; bilingual instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, and other content areas; and career awareness training for Spanish speaking ninth to eleventh…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, English (Second Language)