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TitleOBITUARY: The Bilingual Ed Act, 1968 - 2002
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From Rethinking Schools Online

Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which transformed the way language minority children are taught in the United States - promoting equal access to the curriculum, training a generation of educators, and fostering achievement among students - expired quietly on Jan. 8, 2002. The law was 34 years old.

Read at: http:// www.rethinkingschools.org/special_reports/bilingual/Bil164.shtml

By James Crawford

James Crawford, former Washington reporter for Education Week, is a long-time writer on the politics of language.

Copyright © 2002 by James Crawford. Permission is hereby granted to reproduce this article for free, noncommercial distribution, provided that credit is given and this notice is included.
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