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Wang, Yuxiang – Multicultural Education, 2009
English-only policies and the expiration of the "Bilingual Education Act," which is now replaced by "No Child Left Behind," make it clear that English is the official language of schools in the United States with the emphasis moved from the goal of maintaining students' home languages while learning English to a focus of ignoring minority…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education
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Hones, Donald F. – Multicultural Education, 2005
In this article the author shares his experience visiting two schools that serve Aboriginal children in the state of Queensland, Australia: (1) Cherbourg State School in central Queensland; and (2) Kuranda State School in the Far North. Prior to his visit he had learned somewhat of Australia's troubled history regarding Aboriginal education, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tribes, State Schools, Indigenous Populations