Negotiating Language Policies in Schools: Educators as Policymakers

Bridging the divide between policy and practice, this book explores how educators interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in schools, focusing on their central role in this complex and dynamic process.

Author: Kate Menken
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780415802086

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 242

About the Author

Kate Menken is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Queens College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for the Study of Language in an Urban Society at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Ofelia García is Professor in the Ph.D. programs in Urban Education and Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.