Advocating for English Learners: Selected Essays

by James Crawford

Book Overview

How to teach English language learners has been among the most contentious - indeed, most politicized - issues in American education over the past three decades. Meeting the pedagogical needs of these children, the fastest-growing population in U.S. schools, is a formidable challenge in itself. Educators' mission is further complicated by external factors including the English-only movement, anti-immigrant agitation, resistance to civil-rights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847690726
• ISBN13: 9781847690722
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.2"