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<P align=justify><SPAN class=359583500-28052003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Language
Policy Research Unit (LPRU) <A
href="http://www.language-policy.org">www.language-policy.org</A> or
<A
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/lpru.htm">www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/lpru.htm</A><BR>Education
Policy Studies Laboratory (EPSL) <A
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl">www.asu.edu/educ/epsl</A><BR>Arizona State
University</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=359583500-28052003></SPAN><SPAN class=359583500-28052003><FONT>The
Language Policy Research Unit has just posted the following new article from
James Crawford. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=359583500-28052003><FONT>The article may be viewed at: <A
href="http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/features/brief8.htm">http://www.asu.edu/educ/epsl/LPRU/features/brief8.htm</A></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Hard Sell:<SPAN
class=359583500-28052003> </SPAN>Why Is Bilingual Education So Unpopular<SPAN
class=359583500-28052003> </SPAN>with the American Public?</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>James
Crawford</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=359583500-28052003>....</SPAN>While attention has been paid to the
rhetoric of English-only proponents, arguments supporting bilingual education
have rarely been subjected to analysis.This paper will seek to remedy that
omission, exploring the ways in which <SPAN
class=359583500-28052003>bilingual education </SPAN>has been framed by the
program's advocates as well as its critics, and the relative success or failure
of these approaches. It will begin with a brief overview of voter attitudes
toward bilingual education before campaign arguments have been heard. It will
consider opposing hypotheses about sources of opposition to the program. It will
analyze the various paradigms that have been used to explain bilingual education
and evaluate the strategies that have been used to resist English-only
campaigns. It will conclude with some recommendations on improving advocacy for
language-minority students.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">LPRU<SPAN class=359583500-28052003>, under
the direction of Terrence G. Wiley, with assistance from Senior Researcher Wayne
E. Wright, </SPAN>promotes research and policy analysis on the challenges and
opportunities posed by national and global multilingualism. LPRU priorities
include: <B>a</B>) interdisciplinary studies to promote equitable language
policies in education and society; <B>b</B>) demographic studies with policy
implications for language rights and preservation; <B>c</B>) historical and
contemporary studies on language contact, conflict, and minority language
accommodation and promotion; <B>d</B>) and media, legal and legislative analyses
to inform public discourse and policy making in state, national, and
international contexts.</SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN class=359583500-28052003><FONT
face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.language-policy.org">www.language-policy.org</A></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P><FONT size=2>Wayne E. Wright</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Senior Researcher</FONT>
<BR><FONT size=2>Language Policy Research Unit</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Education
Policy Studies Laboratory</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Arizona State
University</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>www.language-policy.org</FONT> </P>
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