Bilingual Public Schooling in the United States: A History of America's "Polyglot Boardinghouse"
“Paul J. Ramsey has written a comprehensive and definitive history of bilingual education in America. Based on exhaustive research, the book is at once a sophisticated piece of scholarship and an accessible introduction to a subject that every student of American education should read.”--B. Edward McClellan, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University“Ramsey gives us a pioneering, uncommonly literate study of bilingual instruction in the United States. The diverse contexts and wide array of participants' voices he assembles invite scholars, policy makers, and really anyone drawn to the topic to probe deeply its multi-layered and contentious history. We have needed this important book for years.”--Donald Warren, Indiana University