Marvelous Human Rights Rhetoric and Grim Realities: Language Rights in Education.

Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove

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ERIC Number: EJ655685

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Marvelous Human Rights Rhetoric and Grim Realities: Language Rights in Education.

Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove

Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, v1 n3 p179-205 2002

Examines whether the human rights approach to language planning and policy promotes equity for diverse students populations. Assesses to what extent governments show respect for human rights by ratifying human rights' documents, discusses aspects of implementation and assesses government claims on national and immigrant minority education, and presents examples. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language of Instruction, Language Planning, Minority Groups, Public Policy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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