| Description |
xiii, 285 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The bilingual controversy -- 1. Firsthand experience in educating language minorities -- 2. Confronting the political power of the bilingual bureaucracy -- 3. Reassessing the assumptions underlying twenty years of bilingual education -- 4. Learning from other multilingual societies -- 5. The fresh breeze of innovation in U.S. alternative programs -- 6. Beyond bilingual education : language policy, cultural pluralism, and nationhood -- 7. Political extremes intensify the language debate -- 8. Decisions for the future |
| Summary |
An inside account of how the 21 year old experiment in bilingual education has failed our language-minority children--and why |
| Analysis |
Education, Bilingual United States |
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Linguistic minorities Education United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-268) and index |
| Subject |
Education, Bilingual -- United States.
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Linguistic minorities -- Education -- United States.
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| LC no. |
89077422 |
| ISBN |
0465024874 |
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