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ERIC Number: ED148498
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1966-Oct-30
Pages: 22
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Las Voces Nuevas del Sudoeste (New Voices of the Southwest). Symposium: "The Spanish-Speaking Child in the Schools of the Southwest" (Tucson, Arizona, October 30, 31, 1966).
Hart, Elinor, Ed.
The symposium was held to publicize the positive efforts which were being undertaken to solve the problems of Spanish-speaking children and to provide a catalyst for the further action that was needed. The problems were explored from various points of view with two questions in mind: "What was being done?" and "What more could be done?" Six areas were covered: the individual classroom, the home and school, community participation, state legislatures, colleges and universities, and the Federal government. Topics discussed included: educational programs in operation; tutorial instruction; outdoor recreation; a summer language institute; bilingual instruction; preschool education; adult education; migratory school and housing programs; ways to involve the community; health services; the relationship between local citizens, boards of education, and state legislatures; the role of colleges and universities; and Federal legislation, i.e., the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, General Cooperative Research Act, Higher Education Act, National Defense Act). Two other acts which were discussed, a Bilingual American Education Act and a Southwestern Human Development Act, had just been introduced in the Senate. This report presents a "blueprint" of the facts, ideas, suggestions, and proposals discussed during the conference. A 102-item bibliography on various aspects of education for the Spanish-speaking is appended. (NQ)
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Authoring Institution: National Education Association, Washington, DC. Committee on Civil and Human Rights of Educators.
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