Bilingual Education and School Privatization in Milwaukee
In the 1960s, Latinx people struggled to transform public schooling in Milwaukee, WI by advocating for bilingual-bicultural education in Spanish and English. Their efforts led to the creation of one of the United States’ first districtwide Spanish/English bilingual education programs. Yet in the past 30 years, growing numbers of charter and voucher schools in the city have emphasized instruction only in English. This presentation explores the complex histories of bilingual education activism and school privatization in Milwaukee.
Monday, Febuary 13, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Presented by Andrew Hurie, Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Instruction
Lectures will be held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Olm Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. They are open to the public. Registration is not required. Masks may be required in common areas at Fairhaven Senior Services. Please be prepared on arrival. Lectures will be recorded and posted to our website and YouTube channel. Videos of lectures in this series and in past series can be accessed for free any time after they are posted online.
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