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Coral Way Bilingual Elementary School

Coral Way Elementary School in Dade County, Florida, is considered to be the first public school bilingual bicultural education program for both English and Spanish speakers in the United States. It began as a way to accommodate the thousands of children of Cuban refugee families that streamed into southern Florida at the time of and just after the Castro’s Cuban revolution of 1959 and was subsidized by authorities.

Alejandro Perez, Cristina Vasquez, Eduardo Carballo and Nadania Vega: interview with Coral Way staff members

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Interview with Coral Way staff members: Alejandro Perez, Principal at the time of the interview; Cristina Vasquez, K-5 Lower Academy Lead Teacher at the time of the interview; Eduardo Carballo, 6-8 Upper Academy Lead Teacher at the time of the interview; Nadania Vega, former principal. Length: 1:09:51
Interviewee
Perez, Alejandro
Vasquez, Cristina
Carballo, Eduardo
Vega, Nadania

Coral Way Bilingual Elementary School historical and official documents, working papers and correspondence

This collection contains digitized copies of historical documents, official documents, working papers and correspondence associated with the Coral Way Bilingual Elementary School. The collection includes daily schedules, letters to parents, conference presentations, curriculum workshops for teachers, faculty lists and many other documents that serve as a record of the daily workings of the school, the progress of the school through the early years.

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