ERIC_NO: EJ637390
TITLE: The Bilingual Education Act: Language Minority Students and US Federal Educational Policy.
AUTHOR: Wiese, Ann-Marie; Garcia, Eugene E.
PUBLICATION_DATE: 2001
JOURNAL_CITATION: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism; v4 n4 p29-48 2001
ABSTRACT: Traces the United States Bilingual Education Act (BEA) from its inception in 1968 through its most recent reauthorization in 1994 as the primary federal legislative effort to provide equal educational opportunity to language minority students in the United States. (Author/VWL)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS: Bilingual Education; Federal Legislation; Language Minorities; Public Policy;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS: Policy Formation; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning;
IDENTIFIERS: *Bilingual Education Act 1968; United States
PUBLICATION_TYPE: 070; 080
CLEARINGHOUSE_NO: FL532095
ISSN: ISSN-1367-0050
LANGUAGE: English
ERIC_ISSUE: CIJMAY2002