… By 1800, German bilingual schools flourished throughout large swaths of the country,
particularly in the Midwest. In 1839, Ohio became the first state to adopt a bilingual education law, …

… We must “create a tidal wave of a new vision of bilingual education and support for bilingual
education as part of the cultures, economics, and values of language-minority communities” (…

… the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Crawford, 1989). The Bilingual Education Act
has … ity rights in the history of the United States. The law did not force school districts to offer …

… of contemporary bilingual education in the United States. Our hope is that this critical
analysis will serve to begin a conversation about the role of bilingual education advocacy work …

… of bilingual education implemented in the United States are … bilingual education; maintenance
bilingual education; two-way … policy evolution of bilingual education in the United States is …

… Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational
programs in the United States because it raises significant questions about national identity, …

… VII of the ESEA of 1965, but it has since become more commonly known as the Bilingual
Education Act (BEA) of 1968. In spite of the availability of federal support for bilingual education, …

… form of bilingual education is implemented in virtually every country around the world,
research from widely varied contexts shows positive results from bilingual education with respect …

… political climate places bilingual education at a new and challenging crossroads in the
United States with opportunities to re-examine what bilingual education means within specific …

… who is served by bilingual education, what research and educational practices indicate about
bilingual education, and what policies have been generated at the federal and state levels …