essay
The impact of the Cuban exodus on Dade County's educational system
Cuban exiles in Florida : their presence and contribution • Miami, Florida • Published In 1991 • Pages: 145-174
By: Badia, Arnhilda.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document presents an in-depth study of the effects of the Cuban immigration on Dade County's educational system. The author discusses the many problems that arose in accommodatiing the great influx of Cuban children into the existing school system, and the manner in which the schools adjusted to this new situation by developing new materials and new curricula, including programs of bilingual education, to meet the needs of these students.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Speech
- Elementary education
- Liberal arts education
- Teachers
- Educational theory and methods
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Cuban Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Dade County, Florida, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Arnhilda Badia
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91164146
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Cuban Americans