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Highlights the first-person narratives of key stakeholders of the landmark Lau v. Nichols case.
This book employs a narrative policy portraiture approach to recenter the stories of the Chinese community involved in the Lau v. Nichols court case of 1974. This seminal Supreme Court case ruled that the failure to provide adequate and accessible instruction to approximately 1800 students of Chinese ancestry denied them the opportunity to participate in public education and constituted a discrimination on the basis of national origin.
While much has been written on language education policy changes for emergent bilinguals in the US, the perspectives of the key actors involved in the case are rarely heard. This book brings Chinese and Chinese American voices to the forefront, placing the participants within the retrospective social context as they reach their own conclusions about the process and outcomes of the case. It draws upon research in language policy and Asian American studies and invites readers to imagine the social futures and possibilities for what Lau v. Nichols means for the 21st century and beyond.
The volume fills a significant gap in narration, representation and retrospective research and will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in Asian American studies, bilingual education, educational policy and leadership, as well as teachers, school administrators and policymakers.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Section 1: Before Lau: The Sunrises
Chapter 1. Before Lau: Chinese Exclusion
Chapter 2. Before Lau, there was Mrs. Lau
Chapter 3. Before Lau, There Was School Desegregation and Bilingual Education
Chapter 4. Before Lau: Personalized Curriculum Writers, not Publishers
Chapter 5. Before Lau, Chinese Educators Were Assigned Outside of Chinatown
Chapter 6. Before Lau, Collective Advocacy Had Many Tentacles
Chapter 7. Before Lau, Community Agencies at the Core
Chapter 8. Before Lau, a 'Reggie' Found a Way
Chapter 9. Before Lau, An Idealistic Lawyer and Public Servant is Appointed to the School Board
Chapter 10. Before Lau, There Was School Desegregation and Mandatory Busing
Section 2: After Lau: The Sunrising Quickly
Chapter 11. After Lau: Remedies and More Remedies
Chapter 12. After Lau: California's Proposition 227 and English for the Children
Chapter 13. A Third World Rights Federation Activist in the Midst
Chapter 14. Remedies and Remediation in Higher Education
Section 3: Beyond Lau: The Sun Setting
Chapter 15. Post Lau: The Association of Chinese Teachers
Chapter 16. Post Lau: The Chinese Principals
Chapter 17. The Modified Lau Consent Decree to the Sunset
Chapter 18. Sunset and Beyond: Language as Problem, Right, Resource or Choice?
Chapter 19. Sunsetting and Choice: Co-Articulating Language Rights, Affirmative Action, and Voting Rights
References
Index
