LibGuides: Current Issues: Bilingual Education

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Bilingual Education by Loreta M. Medina (Editor)
Call Number: 370.117 BIL
ISBN: 0737716053
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
The anthology presents the arguments for and against bilingual education. Advocates assert that the knowledge of a first language (usually Spanish) helps children learn a second language (English). Opponents, mostly advocates of English as a national language, argue that English immersion is a better method.
Immigration in U. S. History by Carl L. Bankston (Editor); Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo (Editor); R. Kent Rasmussen (Editorial Coordinator); Salem Press Staff
Call Number: 304.8 IMM V. 1 & 2
ISBN: 9781587652660
Publication Date: 2014-12-01
The two-volume set's 193 articles explore immigration from a wide variety of perspectives: border control and law enforcement (20+ articles), court cases (9), demographics (47), discrimination (29), economic and labor issues (25), events (32), family issues (22), government and politics (13), illegal 17), language and education (15), laws and treaties (25), literature (3), nativism and racism (24), refugees (22), religion (21), sociological theories (14), and stereotypes (10).