Coral Way Bilingual Program

Maria R. Coady is Irving and Rose Fien Endowed Professor and Associate Professor of ESOL/Bilingual Education at the University of Florida, USA. Her research specialises in English Language Learners and multilingual students, especially those in rural settings. Her most recent publication is Connecting School and the Multilingual Home (Multilingual Matters, 2019).

• Lourdes Rovira: ForewordOverviewPrologueChapter 1. Origin of the ExperimentChapter 2. The 50:50 ModelChapter 3. Cuban Educators: Aides, “The Marines”, and Teachers Chapter 4. The Miami Linguistic Readers and Curriculum DevelopmentChapter 5. Did it Work?: Findings from the Coral Way ExperimentChapter 6. The Building a Bilingual Network Epilogue

Maria Coady beautifully weaves together data to describe the beginnings of the legendary Coral Way Bilingual Program. The story she tells reminds us that the needs of students and families should always shape and reshape educational approaches. A must-read for bilingual educators to understand our history as we work toward an equitable future.