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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED192968 AUTHOR: Macbeth, Robert B., Comp.
TITLE: The Challenge of the Eighties: Southeast Conference
on the Education of Hispanics (Miami, FL, May 7-9, 1980).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1980
NOTE: 50 p.
ABSTRACT: Focusing on the problems of and recommendations
for identified areas of concern in the education of
Hispanics in the Southeast, this conference report has
three major sections. Section I, "Conference Report,"
outlines the conference proceedings and presents a
compilation of critical issues and recommendations
concerning affirmative action, linguistically and
culturally relevant program delivery, special needs, tests
and research, bilingual instruction, access to Federal
funds, parent and community involvement, and politics and
Hispanic education. Section II, "Hispanic Educational
Concerns," lists 13 issues and recommendations presented to
the United States Secretary of Education. Broad major areas
of concern include Hispanic representation in the
Department of Education, bilingual education, effective
programs for the disadvantaged, the Lau Remedies,
recognition of foreign degrees, and the role of
advocacy offices in the Department of Education. Section
III, "Hispanic Parents and the Schools," recounts the
extent to which Hispanic parents have been involved in the
educational processes of their children, describes a
program to promote parental involvement in the tutoring of
their own children in the basic skills, and proposes a set
of recommendations for those individuals involved in
parental programs. (CM)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adult-Vocational-Education; Affirmative
Action; Educational-Policy; Elementary-Secondary-Education;
Federal-Aid; Governmentschool-Relationship; Multicultural
Education; Politics-; Problems-; Relevance-Education; Test
Validity; Tutoring-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Bilingual-Education; *Hispanic-Americans;
*Parent-Participation; *Program-Development; *Teacher
Education
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