Language Minority Rights Conference Announcement in the Southwest

[Bernard Spolsky]

A great looking conference - local in focus but of much wider
relevance.  Sorry it is so far away!
I imagine you have publications plans, but if not, you might encourage
participants to submit papers to Language Policy.
Best wishes



On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:02:22 -0700, Daniel Choi <Daniel.Choi at asu.edu> wrote:
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> Dear Friends,
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> For anyone in and around the Southwest this weekend, you are cordially
> invited to attend our Language Minority Rights Conference held here at
> Arizona State University 1/28/05-1/29/05. I am attaching our conference
> flyer and program. Registration is on-site and there is no cost to attend.
> If you have any questions about attending, please contact me, Daniel Choi,
> by email:  daniel.choi at asu.edu
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> A preview of the program is below:
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> THEMES:
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> Flores Consent Decree: Rights to resources for English Learners
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> National, state and local language policies and rights for English Learners
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> Defining Structured English Immersion under Arizona law (Proposition 203)
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> Native American language rights in local and national contexts
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> Language policy and student achievement
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> SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
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> Tim Hogan- Arizona Center for the Law in the Public Interest
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> Stefan Rosenzweig – Fmr. Regional Director, Office for Civil Rights/ US
> Dept. of Ed.
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> Arizona State University Faculty:
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> Karen Adams, Beatriz Arias, Chris Faltis, Kay Hunnicutt, Jeff MacSwan, Kate
> Mahoney, Teresa McCarty, Jeanne Powers, Mary Eunice Romero, Terrence Wiley
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> University of Arizona Faculty
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> Richard Ruiz, Carol Evans, Jean Favela, Mary Carol Combs
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> University of Texas, San Antonio
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> Wayne E. Wright
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Bernard Spolsky
Phone at the moment 1-301-405-9826 or 1-202-431-0178
(I can also be reached at spolsb at mail.biu.ac.il)