Bilingual Education:
History, Politics, Theory, and Practice
By James Crawford
Bilingual Educational Services,
4th ed., 1999
341 pp.; $26.95 (paperback)
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A comprehensive report on the state of bilingual
education – its pedagogical promise as well as its political predicament.
A generation after its revival in the United States, instruction that builds
on (rather than seeking to replace) children's native language has never
looked better in educational terms. Yet it has never been more vulnerable
to attack from ideological enemies in Congress and the English Only movement.
This bestselling introduction to the field, completely
revised and expanded for the 1990s, incorporates the latest developments in
legislation, research, pedagogy, and school reform. Bilingual Education provides the context
– in history, politics, research, and program experience – for assessing
today's policy debates.
Reviews of Earlier Editions
"A fascinating glimpse into this
complex policy issue [by] one of the most seasoned and astute observers of
the politics of bilingual education. ... I plan to keep a copy to lend to anyone I run across who is possessed by the many
myths about bilingualism and language policy in the
U.S."
– Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University, American
School Board Journal
"Interesting, informative, and exceedingly
well-written. ... A valuable resource for practitioners,
policymakers, and others."
– G. Richard Tucker, Carnegie-Mellon University, NABE
Journal
"An excellent review of recent research
and theory."
– Jim Cummins, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
Empowering Minority Students
"Incisive ... superbly written and
exquisitely organized. ... The 'fraud or libel' proceedings which U.S. English
threatened ... indicate that this book pulls no punches. ...
Should be sent to every legislator and schoolboard
member in the U.S.A."
– Joshua A. Fishman, International Journal of
the Sociology of Language
"A noteworthy addition to the literature."
– Carlos Ovando, Indiana University, Harvard
Educational Review
"The best documented, most complete,
and most useful book on the issues facing bilingual eduators today. ... A
'must' for reading lists and for the training
of bilingual teachers."
– Jim Goss, Texas Tech University, TABE News
Contents
Introduction
HISTORY
1. Bilingualism in America: A Forgotten Legacy
2. The Evolution of Federal Policy
POLITICS
3. English Only or English Plus?
4. The Bennett Years
THEORY
5. The Effectiveness Debate
6. Basic Research on Language Acquisition
7. Alternatives to Bilingual Education
PRACTICE
8. Theory into Practice: The Case Studies Project
9. Indian Bilingual Education
10. California: Coping with Diversity
11. Two-Way Bilingual Education
POLICY
12. Language Policy and School Reform
13. Disaster at the Polls
APPENDICES
A. Glossary of Program Models
B. Title VII (1994)
C. National Education Goals (1994)
D. "English Language Empowerment Act" (1996)
E. California's Proposition 227 (1998)
F. Sources and Suggested Reading
Index
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