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Three speakers address the challenges and opportunities of Hispanics in Lane County. In this clip, Edward Olivos, Associate Professor and Department Head for Education Studies at the University of Oregon discusses the education of Latino students. Edward specializes in bilingual education and bicultural parent involvement. His research focuses on the relationship between bicultural parents and schools and the development of bilingual educators. He is the author of The Power of Par-ents: A Critical Perspective of Bicultural Parent Involvement in Public Schools. Olivos has published work in the areas of policy studies, school reform, parent participation, critical pedagogy, teacher credentialing, and biliteracy issues of K-12 classrooms. He is a former elementary school teacher from San Diego, where he taught for more than 10 years. Recorded on Sept 30, 2011 at the City Club of Eugene. This is the second of three clips.

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• City
• Club
• Eugene
• Latino
• Hispanic
• education
• immigration