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The Coral Way Dual Language ‘Experiment’

Maria R. Coady, Ph.D. Bess de Farber, & Brittany Kester

Origin of the Experiment

• 1959-1963 Cuban Refugee

Crisis

• Dr. Pauline Rojas’s solution for

Dade County

• Rojas and the Ford Foundation

funding ($278,000) for two things:

• Teacher education

(ESL/Cuban aides)

• ESL materials and curriculum
• September 3, 1963

The University of Arizona Coral Way Digital Collection

• 12 oral histories conducted by Dr.

Richard Ruiz and Bess de Farber in 2008

• Plan for Development and Ford

Foundation Progress Report

• Photographs
• Material artifacts such as reports,

lists, Cuban aide and teacher schedules, memos to parents, report cards, scrapbook

Oral History

Maria “Tita” Piñeiro Coral Way Cuban Aid

Golden Nuggets from the Archives

• Audio of teachers, Cuban aides,

students, especially those have passed away, and Dr. Richard Ruiz

• The dedication, work, commitment,

and perseverance of the “Marines”

• The experimental “model” and strict

separation of language

• Essential daily co-planning between

English– and Spanish-medium teachers

• Similar challenges today with upscale

neighborhoods and the 50-50 balance

• Most loved it, a few did not

The University

• f Florida Digital

Collection

New Additions

• 7 oral histories (2 by Bess

de Farber, 5 by Maria Coady)

• Material artifacts
• One dissertation with

student achievement data by Dr. Mabel Richardson, UM, dated 1968

• ~200 archival pages from

the Ford Foundation

Questions and Ideas

• Forthcoming book by Maria Coady.

(2019).The Coral Way Dual Language

• Experiment. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

In Fall, 2019

• See the The Coral Way Digital Collection

Archives at the University of Florida

• http://ufdc.ufl.edu/coralway
• Florida Association for Bilingual Education

(revised) https://fabefl.org

• Bilingual Education Repository at UF
• https://bilingualeducationfl.org