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CONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1. Origins of Federal Bilingual Education Policy 5 Contextual Factors 6 Enacting Federal Bilingual Education Legislation, 1965–1968 12 Conclusion 18 CHAPTER 2. The Expansion of Bilingual Education, 1968–1978 26 Introduction 26 Transformation of Policy 26 Impact of Federal Bilingual Education Policy 37 The Emerging Opposition 41 Conclusion 46 CHAPTER 3. Retrenchment and Redefinition, 1980–1988 54 Introduction 54 Increasing Attacks against Bilingual Education 56 Undermining Policy and Practice 65 Conclusion 70 CHAPTER 4. The Final Push, 1990s 77 Introduction 77 Decline and Resurgence of Attacks against Bilingual Education 78 Changes in Policy 83 The Repeal of Bilingual Education, 2001 87 Conclusion 93 CONCLUSION 99 Introduction 99 Contestation and Federal Bilingual Education Policy 99 Contextual Forces in Bilingual Education 105 Reasons for Opposing or Supporting Bilingual Education 107 Conclusion 108 EPILOGUE 114 APPENDIX: Extended Bibliographic Essay 117 Introduction 117 Contextual Factors in the Origins of Federal Bilingual Education Policy, 1960–1965 118 The Initial Years 122 Policy Expansion, 1974–1978 131 Policy Containment, 1978–1984 138 Policy Redirections, 1984–1988 146 Policy Continuation, 1988–1994 151 Policy Stalemate, 1994–2001 154 Policy Transformation: From Bilingual to “English-Only,” 2001 158 Index 162 v i C O N T E N T S ...

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