Contested Policy: The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001 (Al Filo, No. 1)

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Summary: Examining the opposing points of view
Review: History professor Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. presents Contested Policy: The Rise And Fall Of Federal Bilingual Education In The United States 1960-2001, a straightforward evaluation of federal bilingual education policy from 1960 to 2001, especially focusing upon the years after 1978 when bilingual policy became the subject of heated debate. Examining the opposing points of view, particularly in a pro-assimilations versus anti-assimilation camps, Contested Policy traces the history of bilingual education legislation, up to the modern day with the passage of English-only legislative rules. An extensively annotated bibliography rounds out this excellent and evenhanded historical reference.