Bilingual Education: A Reference Handbook [Library Binding]

Focuses on the purposes of bilingual education programs in schools and their historical development from the 1960s to the present.

In this timely resource, educator Rosa Castro Feinberg surveys the developing field of bilingual educationits history, its theories, its practices, and the conflicts that swirl around it. She begins with an annotated chronology that describes influential people and events and traces themes in bilingual education from precolonial times to the present.

In three detailed chapters, Feinberg summarizes the widely varied state and local policies and bilingual programs across the country, and demonstrates the profound impact of federal legislation, policies, and court decisions. She also examines the political challenge to linguistic diversity by anti-immigration groups and the common myths about bilingual education that have grown out of the media's handling of identity politics.

Rosa Castro Feinbergis associate professor of education at Florida International University, Miami, FL.[A] comprehensive reference book . . . The final chapters represent practical tools for educators: a directory of agencies and organizations associated with bilingual education and a selected bibliography of print and nonprint resources. These tools, combined with the wealth of information in the background analysis, make this a valuable reference for professionals, practitioners, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students. Choice