Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836-1981

Traces the educational policies and their underlying rationales, from Stephen F Austin's proposal in the 1830s to ""Mexicanize"" Anglo children by teaching them Spanish along with English and French, through the 1981 passage of the most encompassing bilingual education law in the state's history.

In ciuda controverselor legate de practicile educationale actuale, Texas se mandreste cu o bogata si vibranta traditie bilingva - si nu doar pentru instruirea spaniola-engleza, ci si pentru ceha, germana, poloneza si olandeza. De-a lungul secolelor al XIX-lea si al XX-lea, factorii de decizie politica din Texas au imbratisat, au ignorat, au respins, au scos in afara legii, apoi au imbratisat din nou aceasta traditie.