Week # 14-98, Air Date 4/5/1998 - 4/11/1998

Segment #1: 'California Debates Bilingual Education' Latino USA's Mandalit del Barco reports on the debate in California regarding a state ballot initiative that would dismantle bilingual education in the public schools in favor of an untested program called 'English for the Children.' (8:07)

Subject Types: Education; Politics

Locations: U.S. Regions - West

Segment #2: 'Guillermo Gomez Peña Poem On Bilingual Education' Commentator and writer Guillermo Gomez Peña shares a poem to demonstrate that many people in the U.S. probably know more Spanish than they previously believed. (1:45)

Subject Types: Arts - Literature

Segment #3: 'Blandina Cardenas Ramirez Two-Way' Latino USA's Maria Martin speaks with educator Dr. Blandina Cardenas Ramirez, Chair of the Board of the Educational Testing Service. This two-way concludes Latino USAs special series highlighting Latinas as part of our coverage of Women's History Month. (5:56)

Subject Types: Education; Women

Segment #4: 'Commentary: Ruben Martinez On English-Only' Commentator Ruben Martinez, who lives and works in Mexico City, believes that the continent has already become irreversibly bilingual (2:22)

Subject Types: Other - Bilingual