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Advocating for English learners : selected essays James Crawford.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 69Publication details: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2008.Description: vi, 193 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781847690739 (hbk : alk. paper)
  • 1847690734 (hbk : alk. paper)
  • 9781847690722 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 1847690726 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 9781847690746 (ebook)
  • 1847690742 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.24 22 CRA
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Contents:
Introduction Making sense of Census 2000 Monolingual and proud of it Heritage languages in America : tapping a 'hidden' resource Plus ça change Concern or intolerance : what's driving the anti-bilingual campaign? The bilingual education story : why can't the news media get it right? Ten common fallacies about bilingual education Agenda for inaction 'Accountability' vs. science in the bilingual education debate Hard sell : why is bilingual education so unpopular with the American public? Has two-way been oversold? Surviving the English-only assault : public attitudes and the future of language education Official English legislation : bad for civil rights, bad for America's interests, and even bad for English The Bilingual Education Act, 1968-2002 : an obituary No child left behind : misguided approach to school accountability for English language learners A diminished vision of civil rights The decline of bilingual education in the USA : how to reverse a troubling trend? Loose ends in a tattered fabric : the inconsistency of language rights in the USA
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Introduction Making sense of Census 2000 Monolingual and proud of it Heritage languages in America : tapping a 'hidden' resource Plus ça change Concern or intolerance : what's driving the anti-bilingual campaign? The bilingual education story : why can't the news media get it right? Ten common fallacies about bilingual education Agenda for inaction 'Accountability' vs. science in the bilingual education debate Hard sell : why is bilingual education so unpopular with the American public? Has two-way been oversold? Surviving the English-only assault : public attitudes and the future of language education Official English legislation : bad for civil rights, bad for America's interests, and even bad for English The Bilingual Education Act, 1968-2002 : an obituary No child left behind : misguided approach to school accountability for English language learners A diminished vision of civil rights The decline of bilingual education in the USA : how to reverse a troubling trend? Loose ends in a tattered fabric : the inconsistency of language rights in the USA

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187) and index.

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