Many Americans point to the high Mexican-American drop-out rates and the low number of Mexican-American professionals as a confirmation of this stereotype. ... Without the use of their native language, they don't have a base to build on."" ... Since the implementation of the Bilingual Education Act of 1968, school districts across the nation have created programs that allow non-English speaking students to participate in intensive English language courses while learning other subjects, such as math, history, and science, in their native languages. ... The goal of bi-lingual education,...

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To understand the process of assimilation a person must understand history and it affects colonization on native culture. ... The relationship had now also become a paternalistic one with legal justification in the British North American Act 1867, which took away "their independent status and made them wards of the Federal Government." ...

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Under such system, children of non-American ethnic have had a special treatment in their early academic career. Children of minority groups have been thought various subjects in their native tongues. ... Mexicans have been the main source of cheap labor in America. ... To become American is the main outcome of migration to the United States. ... Such organization was called the "Citizens for an Educated America: No on Unz." ...

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A paper like this one and the accompanying presentation, are very important because they serve to inform and raise awareness of a population that has perhaps been neglected in other courses: gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) adolescents. Sexual orientation, biological sex, gender identity, and sex-role comprise sexual identity. This refers to "an enduring emotional, romantic, sexual, or affectional attraction to another person (Hollander, 2000)." In middle childhood and early adolescence establishing sexual identity is a natural process. However it is more stressful for those students who...

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Bill, National Defense Education Act, and The Elementary and 2ndary Education Act many Americans have been able to reach higher education. ... This Act concentrated on African American and other minority groups that were disadvantaged because of social and economic conditions. ... Only part of the American society saw the benefits of this spending. ... Dade County, Florida, reports spending $1,141 more per year to educate the average foreign-born student compared with the average native-born student (Visiedo). ... Political Factors In the effort to make the American education system st...

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Black and White Test Score Comparison African Americans currently score lower than European Americans on vocabulary, reading, and mathematics test, as well as on tests that claim to measure scholastic aptitude and intelligence. ... It has narrowed since 1970, but the typical American black still score below 75 percent of American whites on most standardized tests. On some tests the typical American black scores below more than 85 percent of whites. ... The annual city-by-city analysis, conducted by the Council of the Great City Schools and released here last month, found that some district...

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What is needed to improve the current educational system so that all Americans have an equal opportunity for education? ... Did desegregation truly improve the quality of education African Americans received? In certain parts of the country, African American students benefited tremendously. ... Even though it is clear many students have benefited from the desegregation policy, standard test scores for African Americans continue to lag behind their white counterparts. In addition, studies indicate that the number of African Americans ob...

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I was in classroom number 102 with Mr. Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. The classroom was pretty much split equally between boys and girls and all of the students were of Hispanic descent. Mr. ...

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• Grade Level: High School