Language and cultural diversity in U.S. schools democratic principles in action / [electronic resource] : edited by Terry A. Osborn. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, c2005. - x, 229 p. ; 25 cm. - Educate US, 1551-0425 . - Educate US. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : participating in democracy means participating in schools / Terry A. Osborn and Dina C. Osborn -- Emergent possibilities for diversity in reading and the language arts / Cara Mulcahy -- Bilingual education : good for U.S.? / Mileidis Gort -- Accents and dialects : ebonics and beyond / Timothy Reagan -- A case study in cultural and linguistic difference : the deaf-world / Timothy Reagan -- Foreign language education : it's not just for conjugation anymore / Terry A. Osborn -- Multicultural education is good for U.S. beyond sensitivity training / Wanda DeLe�on and Xa�e Alicia Reyes -- Policies for a pluralistic society / Casey Cobb and Sharon F. Rallis -- What September 11th also teaches us / David Gerwin and Terry A. Osborn.


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Multicultural education--United States.
Language arts--Social aspects--United States.
Sociolinguistics--United States.


Electronic books.

LC1099.3 / .L37 2005eb

370.117/0973