Language and Cultural Diversity in U.S. Schools: Democratic Principles in Action

by Terry A. Osborn

Book Overview

Diversity is at the heart of today's education debates. Often, school policies and programs designed to encourage and embrace diversity are met with public ire and a deep misunderstanding of how diversity serves learning. This work explains how diversity is an essential element in classroom settings. As children from around the world continue to pour into U.S. classrooms, an understanding of cultural and linguistic diversity in its broadest sense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578866170
• ISBN13: 9781578866175
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"