Bilingual education; from compensatory to quality schooling, 2d ed.0805847731 Bilingual education bilingual education, the sanctioned use of more than one language in U.S. education. The Bilingual Education Act (1968), combined with a Supreme Court decision (1974) mandating help for students with limited English proficiency, requires instruction in the native ; from compensatory to quality schooling, 2d ed. Brisk Brisk as a proper name may refer to:
Estela is known by its masseira farm practice and its name derives from Latin Stella (star). . Lawrence Erlbaum 2006 252 pages $29.95 Paperback LC3731 Brisk (teacher education/special education, Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing ) offers teachers, administrators and curricula developers working with bilingual bi·lin·gual adj. 1. a. Using or able to use two languages, especially with equal or nearly equal fluency. b. students an up-to-date synthesis of the research on successful bilingual education in order to demonstrate that quality bilingual education is possible and desirable. Since publication of the first edition, Brisk has been involved in projects which have enabled her to refine her thinking on success, to document success, and to help develop a program using the characteristics of successful programs as a guide. In addition, recent events have also deeply effected bilingual education in the U.S. The second edition has been updated and substantially revised throughout to incorporate all of these changes. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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