Language and cultural diversity in U.S. schools :  democratic principles in action / 
edited by Terry A. Osborn. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Praeger Publishers,  c2005. 
 - x, 229 p. ; 25 cm. 
 - Educate US,  1551-0425 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : participating in democracy means participating in schools / Terry A. Osborn and Dina C. Osborn -- Emergent possibilities for diversity in reading and the language arts / Cara Mulcahy -- Bilingual education : good for U.S.? / Mileidis Gort -- Accents and dialects : ebonics and beyond / Timothy Reagan -- A case study in cultural and linguistic difference : the deaf-world / Timothy Reagan -- Foreign language education : it's not just for conjugation anymore / Terry A. Osborn -- Multicultural education is good for U.S. beyond sensitivity training / Wanda DeLeón and Xaé Alicia Reyes -- Policies for a pluralistic society / Casey Cobb and Sharon F. Rallis -- What September 11th also teaches us / David Gerwin and Terry A. Osborn. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0275982025 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005013516 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Multicultural education--United States.<br/>Language arts--Social aspects--United States.<br/>Sociolinguistics--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC 1099.3  / L287 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370.117/0973