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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bilingual Education1
Change Agents1
Civil Liberties1
English (Second Language)1
Monolingualism1
Multilingualism1
School Policy1
Teacher Role1
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Harvard Educational Review1
Author
Handsfield, Lara J.1
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Journal Articles1
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Teacher Agency and Double Agents: Reconceptualizing Linguistic Genocide in Education.
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Handsfield, Lara J. – Harvard Educational Review, 2002
This review of "Linguistic Genocide in Education or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights?" by Tove Skutrabb-Kangas (Erlbaum 2002) finds the book a useful guide for examining language policies in education but suggests its argument is weakened by the invisibility of teachers in the analysis and the loaded and inflammatory language used. (Contains…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Agents, Civil Liberties, English (Second Language)