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Chapter II: Symbols and the Political Context of Bilingual Education in the United States

Bilingual education lies at the juncture of not one but two hotly contested political arenas. The first of these arenas involves language, and the second involves education. For example, no one questions that an American variant of English is de facto the official language of this country. But the implications that are drawn from this (Should English become de jure the country's national language, and if it did, what would such an action mean?) are hotly debated. I Likewise, that this country's educational systems serve its children differentially as a function of their social class, language, culture, and gender backgrounds is not questioned.2 Some have used this fact to support the setting of higher educational standards or new forms of student assessment,3 while others have used it to argue that current reform efforts may end up by exacerbating extant inequalities.4 As one reads analyses of policies regarding bilingual education and the debates about how best to educate this country's growing