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Author:

McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino.

Title:

Lau v. Nichols : bilingual education in public schools / Stephanie Sammartino McPherson.

Publisher:

Enslow Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2000

Description:

128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Lau, Kinney Kinmon--Trials, litigation, etc.--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Lau, Kinney Kinmon--Trials, litigation, etc.
San Francisco (Calif.).--Board of Education--Trials, litigation, etc.--Juvenile literature.
Education, Bilingual--Law and legislation--United States.--Juvenile literature.
Chinese students--Education--San Francisco--San Francisco--Juvenile literature.
Education, Bilingual--Law and legislation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125) and index.

Contents:

Crisis in Chinatown -- The Chinese struggle for education -- The beginning of bilingual education -- The case takes shape -- The case for the Chinese-speaking students -- The case for the school district -- The Supreme Court decides -- Lau v. Nichols changes education -- Newest challenge.

Summary:

Examines the 1974 Supreme Court case in which a group of Chinese American parents sued the San Francisco School Board on behalf of their children for not providing a special learning environment for Chinese-speaking students.

Series:

Landmark Supreme Court cases

ISBN:

9780766014725
076601472X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43648475

LCCN:

00008687

Locations:

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)