E Pluribus Plura: Congress and Bilingual Education.

Thernstrom, Abigail M.

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ERIC Number: EJ229209

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1980

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E Pluribus Plura: Congress and Bilingual Education.

Thernstrom, Abigail M.

Public Interest, n60 p3-22 Sum 1980

Traces the political and social factors (including Black nationalism) that have influenced Federal policy regarding bilingual education since the mid 1960s. Holds that current policy is ethnocentric and robs schools of their traditional integrative function. (GC)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Black Power, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Ethnocentrism, Federal Legislation, Political Influences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Bilingual Education Act 1968

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