[lg policy] bibitem: Contested Communities in a Debate Over Dual-Language Education: The Import of "Public" Values on Public Policies

[Harold Schiffman]

Contested Communities in a Debate Over Dual-Language Education: The
Import of "Public" Values on Public Policies
Lisa M. Dorner*
 E-mail: dornerl at umsl.edu.


   Abstract

This study examines how public debate can shape school district
policy. Using qualitative methods and an interdisciplinary framework
that weaves an interpretive approach to policy implementation with the
language policy and planning literature, the analysis demonstrates
that immigrant voices were mostly absent in a debate over a new
dual-language program. Instead, English-dominant participants alluded
to various "community" values and persuaded policy makers to implement
dual-language classes throughout the district rather than in sites
favored by policy advocates, including immigrant families. The article
concludes that language policy implementation is a value-laden process
in which public deliberation reflects dominant cultural "discourses,"
which can shape what a policy ultimately becomes.


First published on June 7, 2010
Educational Policy 2010, doi:10.1177/0895904810368275

http://epx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/0895904810368275v1

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