Mexican-American Education Council

The Mexican-American Educational Council (MAEC) was a post Chicano-movement non-profit organization in the Houston, Texas area.

Its principal goal was to achieve equitable access to public education for Mexican Americans in Texas.

[2] MAEC was headed by Leonel Castillo and an activist nun, Sister Gloria Gallardo, served as interim director for a while.

[6] During the protests MAEC demanded twenty issues to be resolved and HISD began rezoning school areas within its jurisdiction in response.

[7] At first the district used forced busing, but later switched to a voluntary magnet school program in order to discourage "white flight".