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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Education of English Language Learners in U.S. and Texas Schools: Where We Are, What We Have Learned and Where We Need to Go from Here. A 2009 Update
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Cortez, Albert; Villarreal, Abelardo – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2009
Because English language learners (ELL) are among the fastest growing student populations in the country, improving the quality of programs serving them is essential to the state of Texas as well as to the country as a whole. Despite decades of experience in attempting to address the language proficiency and academic needs of English language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Educational Policy, Educational Needs
A Community Action Guide: Seven Actions to Fulfill the Promise of Brown and Mendez
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Rodriguez, Rosana G.; Scott, Bradley; Villarreal, Abelardo – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2005
More than 50 years ago, in Brown vs. Board of Education, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that sending children to separate schools solely on the basis of race was unconstitutional. Seven years prior, the Supreme Court ruled in Mendez vs. Westminster and the California Board of Education that Mexican American children could not be denied access…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Access to Education, Equal Education, Educational Quality