The natural first question is: What is language policy? The question is commonly asked in
books on the topic but concrete definitions are less common than discussions of language …

The most recent federal education policy in the United States, titled No Child Left Behind
(NCLB), was passed into law in 2001. High-stakes testing is the core of NCLB, as tests are …

In this article, we take up the call for more multilayered and ethnographic approaches to
language policy and planning (LPP) research by sharing two examples of how ethnography …

While theoretical conceptualizations of language policy have grown increasingly rich,
empirical data that test these models are less common. Further, there is little methodological …

On the World Wide Web there is a listserv called Language Policy. Established in 2001 by
University of Pennsylvania Linguistics Professor Emeritus Harold Schiffman, who moderates …

Like many other speakers of minority languages, Corsican language activists have staked
much of their language revitalization effort on education. In the last 30 years, Corsican has …

Although multilingualism and multilingual education have existed for centuries, our 21st-
century entrance into the new millennium has brought renewed interest and contestation …

This paper presents results from an ethnography of language policy which examined
language policy appropriation for bilingual learners in a large urban US school district. The …

The first edition of Language Policies in Education: Critical Issues highlighted the rapid
expansion of critical approaches to language studies, which focus on power, inequality …

Educators in the United States who want to promote bilingualism face many challenges
including English-focused legislation on the federal and state level and widespread …