As the U.S. teacher shortage continues to worsen, large, urban districts have turned to hiring teachers from abroad, including countries like Spain, Mexico, and the incorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. However, several researchers in the field of have pointed out to the unexamined complexities of hiring Latin American and Spanish teachers…

This 12-item questionnaire, in both English and Spanish, for completion by Spanish-American parents and other members of the Spanish-American community seeks answers to questions concerning the Bilingual Program of Milwaukee Public Schools. (DB)

Interviews with three leading experts in the field of education for the Spanish speaking. (JF)

The 1968 booklet, a report by the National Advisory Committee on Mexican American Education, contains a brief description of the problems facing more than 5 million Mexican Americans in our society. According to the report, the failure of education has been the failure to recognize the needs of Mexican American students; this is evidenced by their…

This article focuses on issues affecting the development of bilingual/bicultural health education programs for children of migrant farmworkers faced by the Colorado Migrant and Rural Coalition, including program issues and development, educational strategies and program evaluation techniques. (MB)

Considers the current movement in bilingual education. (RK)

Discusses how public education fails chicano students' needs. (PG)

Spanish-speaking children of Northern New Mexico exhibit varying degrees of interference and integration of English in their speech. (CK)

After surveying research on bilingualism, tentatively concludes that bilingualism per se does not have negative effects on language development but that socioenvironmental factors probably do. (TO)

Excerpts of taped interviews with members of Chicano communities in various parts of the United States reveal how they view the schools and what they see as major problems and needs in the schools. (JF)

Access to some of the latest research findings and developments in Mexican American education is provided in this bibliography. A supplement to 2 previous ERIC/CRESS publications: "Mexican American Education, A Selected Bibliography" (ED 031 352) and "Mexican American Education, A Selected Bibliography--Supplement No. 1" (ED 048 961), the present…

The array of federal and state bilingual programs are not coordinated and are not being implemented. Increased structural and philosophical support for bilingual and bicultural education is needed to give the growing number of Latino learners greater opportunities for viable education. (Author/IRT)