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Say Brother; Bilingual Education; The debate about bilingual education in America
Part of Say Brother.
05/19/1978
In this clip Ray Almeida talks about why there is resistance to bilingual education in America. Overall the program examines bilingual education in Boston. Host Melvin Moore speaks with Raffael De Gruttala (Director of Bilingual Education in Boston), Stephanie Fan (Teacher in Charge at the Bilingual Education Department), David Cortiella (of El Comite De Padres), and Ray Almeida (community advocate for bilingual and multicultural education and proponent of Cape Verdian education in Massachusetts) about the nature of transitional bilingual education, what a bilingual education consists of, which children have a right to be served by the city, the different responsibilities of the Boston School Committee and the Bilingual Education Department, claims that bilingual education is a threat to desegregation, the extent to which problems related to bilingual education have been addressed in the community, and the response of the Bilingual Department and the School Committee to community pressure and parental involvement. Produced by Barbara Barrow-Murray. Directed by David Atwood.
License Clip
- Series
- Say Brother
- Program
- Bilingual Education
- Program Number
828
- Title
The debate about bilingual education in America
- Series Description
Say Brother is WGBH's longest running public affairs television program by, for and about African Americans, and is now known as Basic Black. Since its inception in 1968, Say Brother has featured the voices of both locally and nationally known African American artists, athletes, performers, politicians, professionals, and writers including: Muhammad Ali, Maya Angelou, Thomas Atkins, Amiri Baraka, Doris Bunte, Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farrakhan, Nikki Giovanni, Odetta Gordon, Henry Hampton, Benjamin Hooks, Jesse Jackson, Hubie Jones, Mel King, Eartha Kitt, Elma Lewis, Haki Madhubuti, Wallace D. Muhammad, Charles Ogletree, Babatunde Olatunji, Byron Rushing, Owusu Sadaukai, and Sonia Sanchez. Series release date: 7/15/1968
- Program Description
Program examines bilingual education in Boston. Host Melvin Moore speaks with Raffael De Gruttala (Director of Bilingual Education in Boston), Stephanie Fan (Teacher in Charge at the Bilingual Education Department), David Cortiella (of El Comite De Padres), and Ray Almeida (community advocate for bilingual and multicultural education and proponent of Cape Verdian education in Massachusetts) about the nature of transitional bilingual education, what a bilingual education consists of, which children have a right to be served by the city, the different responsibilities of the Boston School Committee and the Bilingual Education Department, claims that bilingual education is a threat to desegregation, the extent to which problems related to bilingual education have been addressed in the community, and the response of the Bilingual Department and the School Committee to community pressure and parental involvement.
- Asset Type
Clip
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- De Gruttala, Raffael
- Public schools--Massachusetts--Boston
- Civil rights
- Education, Bilingual
- Almeida, Ray
- Bilingual Education Department - Boston - Massachusetts
- Segregation
- Cortiella, David
- Fan, Stephanie
- El Comite De Padres - Boston - Massachusetts
- Genres
- Magazine
- Topics
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Barrow-Murray, Barbara (Producer)
- Moore, Melvin (Associate Producer)
- Atwood, David (Director)
- Contributors
- Smith, Kathy (Switcher)
- Mahard, Fran (Scenic Design)
- Stewart, Aubrey (Video)
- Horne, Danny (Intern)
- Wareham, Skip (Camera)
- Wilson, Bob (Camera)
- Clark, Marvin (Intern)
- Clarke, Brian (Assistant Director)
- Mackles, Gene (Graphic Designer)
- Rivera, George (Production Assistant)
- Moore, Melvin (Host)
- Merhar, Milan (Videotape Recordist)
- Hill, Rebecca (Fashion Consultant)
- Rosenthal, Iris (Assistant Cameraman)
- Norton, Chas (Lighting Assistant)
- LaBillois, Ann (Intern)
- Lewis, Webster (Theme Music)
- Buccheri, Ron (Switcher)
- Cronin, Mary (Audio)
- Johnson, Bill (Audio)
- Sullivan, John L. (Lighting Director)
- Demers, Leo (Videotape Recordist)
- Yang, Eileen (Researcher)
- Bordett, Bruce (Stage Manager)
- St. Onge, David (Videotape Recordist)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Say Brother; Bilingual Education; The debate about bilingual education in America,” 05/19/1978, GBH Archives, accessed November 15, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AAE345D37FDE4D8B999E10C7D68F55A3.
- MLA: “Say Brother; Bilingual Education; The debate about bilingual education in America.” 05/19/1978. GBH Archives. Web. November 15, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AAE345D37FDE4D8B999E10C7D68F55A3>.
- APA: Say Brother; Bilingual Education; The debate about bilingual education in America. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_AAE345D37FDE4D8B999E10C7D68F55A3