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Direct linkGarcía, Ofelia; Sung, Kenzo K. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2018
As the 1968 Bilingual Education Act (BEA) reaches its 50th anniversary, we provide a critical historical review of its contradictory origins and legacy. By distilling the BEA's history into three periods that we label "power to the people," "pride for the people," and "profit from the people," we demonstrate that the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning, Educational Legislation, Educational History
Reyes, Luis O. – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
In this article, Luis O. Reyes provides a retrospective of the historic 1974 Aspira Consent Decree between the New York City Board of Education and Aspira of New York, which established bilingual instruction as a legally enforceable federal entitlement for New York City's non-English-speaking Puerto Rican and Latino students. Reyes analyzes the…
Descriptors: Puerto Ricans, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Hispanic American Students
Download full textAquila, Frank – 1975
This document provides a detailed discussion of two laws and three court cases affecting the education of non-English speaking children. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 addresses equal education opportunities for all Americans. The Four Point Memorandum issued by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare specifically deals with…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1979
This report includes papers by two educators concerning the education of Hispanics in the United States. Jose Hernandez addresses the issues of Hispanic demographic patterns and migration and the implications of these factors for educational planning and policy. Rafael Valdivieso focuses on the Federal role in Hispanic desegregation, discussing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Conference Reports, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Pifer, Alan – 1979
The bilingual education movement, begun in the 1960's and virtually mandated by the 1974 Supreme Court Lau vs. Nichols decision, is highly controversial due to public perceptions of bilingual programs; the apparent departure from traditional school language policy; and the concept of bilingual education as a strategy for realizing the social,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Educational History
