Bilingual Education in the United States: Historical Development and Current Issues1

From: Bilingual Research Journal | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Ovando, Carlos J | Copyright information

Abstract

Bilingual education in the United States has been contested and reformulated within varying historical, political, social, and economic contexts. Guided by three interrelated research questions on ideology, policy, and politics, this article examines the various interpretations of the historical forces that have determined language policy in the United States by first briefly discussing the permissive, restrictive, opportunist, and dismissive periods and then focusing on the c...

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