Research, Politics, and Bilingual Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9749029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | WALTER G SECADA (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 508 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-106 |
| Publication date | 1990-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716290508001008 |
| OpenAlex | W2117784537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 19 |
Bilingual-education research has helped to inform and to shape federal policy and funding as articulated in the Bilingual Education Act, first passed in 1968 as Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. During the Act's most recent reauthorization, the U.S. Department of Education and others proposed changing the law to fund more all-English language programs. They argued that the federal government was mandating a single approach, that there was no research evidence to support such a mandate, and that schools should be granted flexibility in designing programs to meet local needs. In fashioning this argument, proponents of change carefully selected the research literature they alluded to. That research was judged against artificially high and overly narrow criteria. Finally, they overinterpreted the research to suit their agenda. Congress was under intense political pressure to fund more all-English programs, and it did so. But a panel of experts contradicted the argument that there was no research to support the use of the native language for instruction. In the end, Congress kept the bulk of the monies devoted to bilingual programs
Argument (complex analysis · Bilingual education · Economics · Education Act · Flexibility (engineering · Government (linguistics · Legislation · Linguistics · Management · Mandate · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Special education · Unfunded mandate · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Public Administration · School Choice and Performance
A Meta-Analysis of Selected Studies on the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education
Aspira v. Board of Education Revisited
Bilingual schooling in the United States
Bilingual Schools for a Bicultural Community
Federal Recognition of the Rights of Minority Language Groups
Comparing Structured English Immersion and Bilingual Education
The effectiveness of bilingual education
"Sesame Street" Revisited
The Significance and Permanence of Changes in Federal Education Policy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2017 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |