bilingual education
bilingual education
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In 1970, about one quarter of all New York City public school students were Puerto Rican.
Like many Puerto Rican parents in the South Bronx, Evelina López Antonetty was frustrated that so many Spanish-speaking children were not learning to read.
Student protesters at City College (CCNY) explained why they organized a strike on their campus and what changes they wanted to achieve.
Italian immigrant Leonard Covello was the principal of East Harlem’s Benjamin Franklin High School, an all-boys school.
In the 1930s and 1940s, Benjamin Franklin High School was a dynamic place.