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

— Vol. 1: of Al Filo: Mexican American Studies Series

Published: February, 2020  Pages: 176  Features: Notes. Bib essay. Index.

Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country. It raises significant questions about this country’s national identity, the nature of federalism, power, ethnicity, and pedagogy. In Contested Policy, Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., 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. more... about Contested Policy: The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001