Can providing special programs for the linguistically different student conflict with the purpose or goal of school desegregation? The purpose of desegregation is to provide equal educational opportunity for all students. An essential part of desegregation is the physical restructuring of school districts, i.e., a physical rearrangement of groups…

THIS DOCUMENT IS A FINAL REPORT AND SUMMARY OF A PROJECT DESIGNED TO DEVELOP GUIDES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS. THE GUIDES ARE NOW TITLED "TEACHING ENGLISH EARLY," AND COVER THE FIRST TWO LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION. (SEE RELATED DOCUMENTS AL 001 238 AND AL 001 239.) THE MATERIALS PREPARED BY THIS PROJECT ARE…

This document is intended to provide information about the legal aspects of bilingual education through a general discussion of the problem, as well as through the presentation of laws and other legal documents concerned with the language of education in the schools. Part I, "Introductory Remarks," identifies the two traditions of…

This unannotated bibliography deals primarily with questions concerning a child's acquisition of language and lists references dating from 1250-1967, reporting research from America, Western and Eastern Europe, and, to a lesser extent, from Japan. The main section of the book is an alphabetical listing of works on the subject of child language…

This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a memorandum issued by the Ministry of Higher Education in cooperation with the Higher Committee for Study Abroad discussing Egyptian students abroad. The memo is conscious of problems faced by the student overseas: length of time spent in travel formalities; lack of…

Bilingual education is a product of the social currents of equalitarianism, which engulfed American institutions in the 1960s. It could not have been otherwise, since bilingual education, in its bicultural orientations, is a necessary concomitant of the new ethnic consciousness, which has recently gripped the American imagination. (Author/EB)

This article defines bilingualism and bilingual education and traces the history of bilingual education in the United States, starting with the Spanish missions in the west. (Text is in Spanish.) (NCR)

With a student body that speaks in 27 different languages, the Glen Forest School in Virginia is prevailing against the confusion of tongues through English as a Second Language. (Editor)

Two California programs (one elementary and one secondary) which demonstrate specified promising practices in the area of bilingual special education are described. Programs exemplify such practices as parent involvement, interface between bilingual and special education, and attention to both primary and secondary language development, and…

Reviews legal activity since the "Lau" decision that has focused on obligations of school districts to address the needs of English deficient students. Explores the decision's implications for further federal and state roles in establishing educational policy. (Author/GC)

Various training strategies are suggested to modify teachers' attitudes and to alter inappropriate behavior. The article suggests that university preparation for teachers should include a component which deals with culture and language variation, as well as the existing supervised student teaching experience. (NQ)

Discusses the effect of California's Proposition 227, passed in June 1998, requiring all children to be taught English in English. Reports that enrollment in bilingual education in elementary and secondary schools declined significantly between 1997-98 and 2001-2002, while the academic achievement of English Learners not enrolled in bilingual…

Investigates various influences and reasons why non-English-speaking women working in a small goods factory in Australia chose not to participate in workplace literacy courses. Presents perceptions of the nonparticipants, the course provider, the teacher, the personnel manager, and the researcher. Discusses barriers, motivation, networks and power…

The 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) measures the English literacy of America's adults (people age 16 and older living in households or prisons). The average quantitative literacy scores of adults increased 8 points between 1992 and 2003, though average prose and document literacy did not differ significantly from 1992 (figure 1).…