Latino immigrant parents' views of bilingual education as a vehicle for heritage preservation

Journal of Latinos and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-21

  Farruggio, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Heritage; Immigrant education; Latino parents; Native language maintenance; Proposition 227

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960623970     PISSN: 15348431     EISSN: 1532771X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348430903252011     Document Type: Article

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