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Abstract

Wiese and Garcia traces the Bilingual Education Act (BEA) from its inception in 1968 through its most recent reauthorization in 1994 as the primary federal legislative effort to provide equal educational opportunity to language minority students. Federal legislative initiatives which provide the foundation for the BEA are discussed.

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Title
The Bilingual Education Act: Language minority students and equal educational opportunity
Author
Wiese, Ann-Marie; Garcia, Eugene E
Pages
1-18
Publication year
1998
Publication date
Winter 1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc.
ISSN
15235882
e-ISSN
15235890
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
222023139
Copyright
Copyright National Association for Bilingual Education Winter 1998