Bilingual Education and the Hispanic Challenge [microform] / Alan Pifer.

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...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Pifer, Alan J.
Corporate Author:	Carnegie Corporation of New York
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979.
Subjects:	Bilingual Education. Court Litigation. Educational Finance. Educational History. Equal Education. Ethnic Status. Federal Aid. Federal Legislation. Government School Relationship. Hispanic Americans. Illegal Immigrants. Mexican Americans. Mexicans. Puerto Ricans. Spanish Speaking.