Contested Policy: The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001

This book studies the origins, evolution, and consequences of federal bilingual education policy from 1960 to 2001, with particular attention to the activist years after 1978, when one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country was heatedly contested.

About the author

Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., is a professor of history at the University of Houston. He is the author of "Let All of Them Take Heed": Mexican-Americans and the Campaign for Educational Equality in Texas, 1910-1981; Brown, Not White: School Integration and the Chicano Movement in Houston; and Tejano Proud: Tex-Mex Music in the Twentieth Century.

Summary

Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country. This text studies the origins, evolution, and consequences of federal bilingual education policy from 1960 to 2001, with particular attention to the activist years after 1978, when bilingual policy was heatedly contested.

Product details

• Authors: Guadalupe San Miguel, Guadalupe San Miguel
• Publisher: University Of North Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2004
• EAN: 9781574411713
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-171-3
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Series: Al Filo: Mexican American Stud; Al Filo, Mexican American Studies S.; Al Filo, Mexican American Studies; Al Filo: Mexican American Stud; Al Filo, Mexican American Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries