|A Brief History of Bilingual Education in Spanish. ERIC
Digest.| ERIC Identifier: ED308055 Publication Date: 1989-03-00
Author: Escamilla, Kathleen Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural
Education and Small Schools Charleston WV. A Brief History of
Bilingual Education in Spanish. ERIC Digest. This digest is
written primarily for educators in the United States who may not
know very much about bilingual education, but who are concerned
with how best to serve Mexican American students, who are the
largest language minority (Valdivieso & Davis, 1988). This brief
discussion should interest those who are concerned with the
overlapping issues of schooling, language, and culture in
America: this topic relates to foreign language learning for all
students (Lambert, 1978). Often overlooked, bilingual education
has been a feature of both public and private schooling
throughout the nation's history (Castellanos, 1983). During the
18th and 19th centuries, such programs pertained to German,
French, and the Scandinavian langu