Advocating for English Learners:
Selected Essays by James Crawford
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Multilingual Matters, 2008; 200pp
Table of Contents
Introduction 
Making Sense of Census 2000

Monolingual and Proud of It 
Heritage Languages in America: Tapping a ‘Hidden’ Resource

Plus ça Change ... 
Concern or Intolerance: What’s Driving the Anti-Bilingual
Campaign?
The Bilingual Education Story: Why Can’t the News Media Get
It Right?

Ten Common Fallacies about Bilingual Education 
Agenda for Inaction 
‘Accountability’ vs. Science in the Bilingual Education Debate

Hard Sell: Why is Bilingual Education so Unpopular with the
American Public?

Has Two-Way Been Oversold? 
Surviving the English-Only Assault: Public Attitudes and the
Future of Language Education

Official English Legislation: Bad for Civil Rights, Bad for America’s
Interests, and Even Bad for English 
The Bilingual Education Act, 1968–2002: An Obituary 
No Child Left Behind: Misguided Approach to School
Accountability for English Language Learners 
A Diminished Vision of Civil Rights

The Decline of Bilingual Education in the USA: How to Reverse a
Troubling Trend?

Loose Ends in a Tattered Fabric: The Inconsistency of Language Rights in the United States
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References 
Index
