Question

the 1968 east la walkouts were student - led protests by mexican american high schoolers against unequal and racist conditions in los angeles schools. thousands of students walked out to demand better facilities, bilingual education, relevant curriculum, and an end to discriminatory practices. the walkouts became a major moment in the chicano civil rights movement. below is a list of those demands. read each of the demands and in your own words summarize what each of the demands were.

student demands - academic	notes
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- no student or teacher will be reprimanded or suspended for participating in any efforts which are executed for the purpose of improving or furthering the educational quality in our schools. <br> - bilingual - bi - cultural education will be compulsory for mexican - americans in the los angeles city school system where there is a majority of mexican - american students on a voluntary basis. this program will be open to all other students on a voluntary basis. <br> - administrators and teachers who show any form of prejudice toward mexican or mexican - american students, including failure to recognize, understand, and appreciate mexican culture and heritage, will be removed from east los angeles schools. this will be decided by a citizens review board selected by the educational issues committee. <br> - textbooks and curriculum will be developed to show mexican and mexican - american contribution to the u.s. society and to show the injustices that mexicans have suffered as a culture of that society. textbooks should concentrate on mexican folklore rather than english folklore. <br> - all administrators where schools have a majority of mexican - american descent shall be of mexican - american descent. if necessary, training programs should be instituted to provide a cadre of mexican - american administrators. <br> - every teachers ratio of failure per student in his classroom shall be made available to community groups and students. any teacher having a particularly high percentage of the total school dropout in his classes shall be rated by the citizens review board composed of the educational issues committee.	1. example: no student or teacher will be punished or suspended for taking part in actions meant to improve the quality of education in our schools. <br> 2. <br> 3. <br> 4. <br> 5.

Explanation:

Each summary rephrases the original demand in clear, simplified language while retaining the core intent:

1. Protect students/teachers from punishment for efforts to improve school quality.
2. Mandate bilingual-bicultural education for Mexican-American majority schools, open to others voluntarily.
3. Remove biased staff via a citizen review board.
4. Revise curricula/texts to highlight Mexican-American contributions and injustices they faced, prioritizing their folklore over English.
5. Require Mexican-American majority school admins to be Mexican-American, with training if needed.
6. Share teacher failure rates with community groups; rate high-dropout teachers via a citizen review board.

Answer:

1. No student or teacher will face punishment for working to improve school educational quality.
2. Bilingual-bicultural education will be required in schools with a Mexican-American majority, and open to all other students who choose to join.
3. Administrators and teachers who show prejudice against Mexican/Mexican-American people will be removed from East LA schools, decided by a citizen-led review board.
4. Textbooks and school curricula will be updated to cover Mexican-American contributions to U.S. society and the injustices their culture endured, focusing on Mexican folklore instead of English folklore.
5. Schools with a Mexican-American majority must have Mexican-American administrators; training programs will be created if needed to prepare these administrators.
6. Each teacher's student failure rate will be shared with community groups and students; teachers with high student dropout rates will be evaluated by a citizen-led review board.