This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Catherine E. Walsh, Maryanne Dettmer Grumelli, Nancy Dew, Washington Asian/Pacific American Concerns Staff (ED), Alba Ambert, Francesco Cordasco, Jeanne S. Park, Diana J. Keith, Madison. Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, and Bronx Fordham Univ..
(1982). Special Education for Exceptional Bilingual Students: A Handbook for Educators. The handbook reviews the history and current state of the art of special education for exceptional bilingual students and provides approaches for development of programs. Ties between bilingual and exceptional education are traced historically; then legislation to assure equal opportunity is reviewed. Definitions, characteristics, and special considerations with bilingual students for such exceptionalities as mental retardation and giftedness are described. A discussion on assessment includes problems associated with the prereferral process and testing, and self study questions for school districts, individual schools, and staff regarding assessment procedures. Parents' needs, rights, roles, and strategies to encourage participation are covered briefly. Program options such as developing an individualized education plan for ethnolinguistic minority students and designing instructional environments are explained. A model for program development based on a needs assessment is outlined. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Disabilities
(1978). Focus on Educational Success. Abstracts of Exemplary Programs. Revised. This publication is a review of various projects and programs which have been effective in meeting the local needs of school districts throughout Wisconsin. The description of each project includes data on the target audience, assurances and claims, implementation requirements, financial requirements, and services available. Projects and programs included are headed under the following: (1) alternative schools (programs); (2) bilingual and migrant education; (3) career or vocational education; (4) early childhood, parent readiness, parent involvement; (5) environmental education; (6) organizational arrangements; (7) reading, language arts, math; (8) special education; (9) special interests: health, human behavior, physical education, multiple talent development; and (10) special interests: arts, communication skills, technology. A section on approved Wisconsin projects describes an early program for gifted children, programming for hearing impaired children, home aid for parents in pre-school education, a language, ecology and family project, music education, art education, individualized instruction, and staff training. Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Compensatory Education
(1975). Evaluation of Selected New York City Umbrella Programs, 1974-1975 School Year. An evaluation of twelve different New York City Umbrella Programs coordinated in New York City public schools during the 1974-1975 school year is contained in this document. This report presents a description and evaluation of these programs, together with the major findings. The programs were implemented in the following areas: (1) tutoring in Harlem, (2) social studies, (3) reading and mathematics, (4) bilingual tutoring and instruction to immigrant children, (5) teacher training and instructional innovation in reading and other curriculum areas, (6) instructing students on the adverse effects of venereal disease, cancer, alcoholism, narcotics abuse, and other health problems, (7) bilingual and bicultural education to Spanish speaking children, and (8) diagnostic and prescriptive reading instruction. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
(1978). Education in Action: 50 Ideas That Work. This booklet contains brief descriptions of 50 successful education programs developed and operated with initial funding from the U.S. Office of Education. Each program has been judged by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel of the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and has been certified "effective" for use by other school districts. The program descriptions are organized under the following broad topics: reading, language arts, and mathematics; early childhood; career and vocational education; education for handicapped children; bilingual and migrant education; environmental education; alternative schools; and special interests such as urban arts, political and legal education, elective independent study, student alienation from the school system, health education, basic reading for adults, and experience based career education. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Development
(1978). Winners, All! 41 Outstanding Education Projects That Help Disadvantaged Children. The 41 projects across the country funded under Title I, and validated by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Education Division as "exemplary" and worthy of duplication, are described in this booklet. The descriptions, which are aimed at telling parents, community groups and educators what is working in Title I, are taken from newspaper articles and television and radio scripts. The general philosophy, scope, and activities of each program are briefly stated. Many focus on reading and language arts, but math programs, programs with high levels of parental involvement, individualized instruction, and bilingual and migrant education are also in evidence. Names, addresses, and phone numbers of persons to contact are included for those who wish to obtain further information. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
(1996). Education Reform and Social Change. Multicultural Voices, Struggles, and Visions. The selections in this collection offer the stories of real-life educators as they work to build a more participatory and equitable educational future for their students in bilingual and multicultural education. Also included are the voices of parents, students, and advocates of change as they work on educational and social change processes. The 19 selections are organized into 4 sections: (1) "The Social Construction of Policy"; (2) "Collaborations for Change"; (3) "Transforming Classroom Pedagogy and Practice"; and (4) "New Conceptualizations and Visions." This organization provides a theoretical and practical framework for thinking about educational reform and social change that goes from broader structural concerns to case studies that document activism and collaborative efforts to change education. An introduction to each section provides an overview of the chapters and some background information. Guiding questions follow each introduction. Each chapter contains references. Contains 147 references and resources and one figure. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Cooperation, Educational Change
(1975). Federal Programs Supporting Educational Change, Vol. 2: Factors Affecting Change Agent Projects. This second volume in the change-agent series reports the interim results of an exploratory statistical analysis of a survey of a nationwide sample of 293 change-agent projects funded by four federal demonstration programs–Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title III, Innovative Projects; ESEA Title VII, Bilingual Projects; Vocational Education Act, 1968 Amendments, Part D, Exemplary Programs; and the Right-To-Read Program. The study addresses three research questions: To what extent did differences among the federal change-agent programs explain variations in the implementation and continuation of innovative projects? Which characteristics of innovative projects significantly affected their implementation and continuation? Were differences in institutional settings related to variations in project implementation and continuation, controlling for other factors, and, if so, which institutional aspects had significant and important effects? [More] Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Bilingual Education, Career Education, Change Agents
(1989). Curriculum Materials for Use with Grades K-12: A Bibliography of Government Documents. The Government Documents Collection of the Calvin T. Ryan Library of the University of Nebraska at Kearney contains a broad range of information on a variety of topics, including curriculum guides and materials. This bibliography gathers government documents of special interest to education students, practicing teachers, and teachers of adult students. Most documents listed are federal, but some Nebraska state documents are annotated. Curriculum guides and supplements, print and nonprint materials, bibliographies, evaluation materials and standards, project examples, and study guides, workbooks, and activity books are included in the following categories: (1) agriculture; (2) alcohol and drug abuse; (3) bilingual/foreign language education; (4) career/vocational education; (5) family and consumer science; (6) health, fitness, and nutrition; (7) miscellaneous topics; (8) home, school, and automotive safety; (9) science; (10) sexuality and sex education; and (11) social studies and history. The titles are also indexed by subject. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Education, Curriculum, Drinking
(1981). Oral Language Proficiency Assessment for Bilingual and English as a Second Language Certification in New Jersey. The development of oral language proficiency as a requirement for bilingual and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teacher certification in New Jersey is chronicled. Efforts made toward the preparation of bilingual and ESL teachers to accommodate the increasing numbers of limited English proficient students in the state are outlined, beginning with the passage of the New Jersey Bilingual Law in 1975 and the adoption of teacher certification requirements. The following matters are described and explained: the Language Proficiency Interview (LPI) developed by the Educational Testing Service, the statewide language proficiency assessment program, the history of LPI adminstration by the State Department of Education, the transfer of LPI administration from the Educational Testing Service to the Department of Education and subsequently to colleges with approved programs in bilingual and ESL education, and the results of administration of the LPI from 1976 to mid-1981. Descriptors: Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Interviews, Language Proficiency
(1980). Asian/Pacific American Education Agenda for the 1980's. This program offers fourteen resolutions with corresponding strategies for improving education for Asian and Pacific Americans. These strategies are specifically directed to the Asian/Pacific American Concerns Staff and other Asian/Pacific American organizations. Issues addressed include: (1) insufficient State and Federal funding for bilingual and multicultural education; (2) the necessity for flexibility in Federal policy; (3) equal access by Asian/Pacific Americans to government decision making; (4) curriculum bias in textbooks, resource materials, and teacher training; (5) higher education support services and occupational counseling; and (6) better representation of Asian/Pacific Americans among educational administrators. The resolutions also call for more research related to Asian/Pacific American concerns, the prohibition of educational voucher plans, and the legitimization of Asian/Pacific American studies. [More] Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Career Counseling, Educational Improvement
(1976). Cultural Pluralism and Other Major Issues in American Education. Part I. Decentralized Project No. 4 (Special Activity). International Management Training for Educational Change (IMTEC). Most of the dilemmas, contradictions, and inconsistencies that beset the nation's schools relate either directly or indirectly to the ambiguous, overworked twin concepts of cultural pluralism and the great American melting pot. Examination of the ethnic history of the United States reveals that those minorities urging cultural pluralism were effectively excluded from the benefits of American society while less visible minorities were being assimilated. These excluded minorities are now trying a different route to equity, without realizing that the methods they are using have historically resulted in the dissolution of the cultural groups using them. The traditional American concern for equality that underlies efforts at cultural pluralism also underlies many other no less complex movements in education; those for equal opportunity, compensatory education, desegregation, bilingual and bicultural education, and affirmative action. The philosophical roots and likely outcomes of these movements are explored in this document. Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
(1982). Model N.J. Vocational Programs Serving the Disadvantaged: An Abstract Book. This volume contains abstracts of 37 model New Jersey vocational programs that served disadvantaged students in fiscal year 1982. Included among the programs described are projects dealing with agriculture, agribusiness, the needs of pregnant teenagers, bilingual vocational business education, building trades, consumer education, work study, employment orientation, health occupations, vocational education for Hispanic youth, landscaping, marketing, masonry, welding, and work experience career exploration. Each abstract contains the following: the program title; a program contact person; the name and address of the school at which the project was implemented; the total disadvantaged population served; a breakdown of the population served according to sex, race, and disadvantaged category; an overview of the project; the project goals; essential elements of the program; and evaluation procedures and results. Descriptors: Abstracts, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education
(1981). Instructional Materials Approved for Legal Compliance. List #1. The instructional materials listed here include the books, kits, charts, cards, teachers' manuals, and audiovisual materials approved for legal compliance at the elementary and secondary levels by the California State Department of Education. The lists are organized into 13 topical areas, comprising reading, literature, spelling and handwriting, dictionaries, English, science, health, art and music, mathematics, social science, foreign languages, English as a second language, and bilingual and bicultural education. Within each topic, the materials are arranged first alphabetically by publisher and then by each item's educational level. For each item the publication gives the International Standard Book Number (ISBN), the year the item was copyrighted, and the grade level. The addresses of all publishers mentioned are also provided. Descriptors: Art Materials, Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal), Dictionaries
(1976). Immigrant Children in American Schools. A Classified and Annotated Bibliography with Selected Source Documents. This bibliography contains 1,500 briefly annotated entries on the immigrant child in the U.S., his school, and his community. Bibliographic and archival resources provide references on general history, immigration, and the social, political, and educational history of the period. References are also provided on various areas: the immigrant community in the new world; conflict, assimilation/acculturation and interethnic relations; the Americanization movements; eugenics, psychological testing and race typologies; and bilingual and bicultural education. The bibliography also includes Bulletins of the United States Bureau of Education which both define and delineate the official attitudes toward the immigrant and his progeny during the period of 1908-1920. Descriptors: Acculturation, American Culture, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education
(1977). URRD 1975-76 Final Report. Report No. 77-2. This report (1975-76) details the extent to which the Urban, Rural, Racial, Disadvantaged Educational Programs (URRD) in Seattle have met the URRD minimum standards for evaluation of effectiveness as defined in the Washington State Administrative Code. URRD programs are defined as state funded efforts which provide special services to students who are not succeeding in school because they are from disadvantaged, poverty, or minority backgrounds. In the first section descriptions are provided of the population considered in the study (Black, Spanish surnamed, Asian American, Native American, White, and Other) and the method of data collection. The second section presents data regarding the effectiveness of five types of URRD programs: reentry motivation, academic achievement, bilingual/bicultural, Indian education, and preschool. A summary of the report's findings and conclusions are contained in the last section. Descriptors: Achievement Gains, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education