Ebonics : : The Urban Educational Debate / / Enid Lee; ed. by David J Ramirez, Terrence G. Wiley, Gerda de Klerk, Wayne E. Wright.
Controversy erupted in 1996 when the Oakland Unified School District’s ‘Ebonics Resolution’ proposed an approach to teaching Standard English that recognized the variety of English spoken by African American students. With new demands for accountability driven by the No Child Left Behind policy and...
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Place / Publishing House: | Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2005] ©2005 |
Year of Publication: | 2005 |
Language: | English |
Series: | New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part 1.Ebonics in the Urban Education Debate
- 1. Ebonics: Background to the Policy Debate
- 2. Using the Vernacular to Teach the Standard
- 3. Educational Implications of Ebonics
- 4. Black Language and the Education of Black Children: One Mo Once
- 5. Ebonics and Education in the Context of Culture: Meeting the Language and Cultural Needs of English Learning African American Students
- 6. Language Varieties in the School Curriculum: Where Do They Belong and How Will They Get There?
- Part 2.Background To The Ebonics Debate
- Introduction
- Oakland Unified School District’s Resolution
- A. ORIGINAL OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT RESOLUTION ON EBONICS
- Examples of Legislative Reaction
- B.CONGRESSIONAL RESPONSE
- Legal Background
- C. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN ET AL. V. ANN ARBOR SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD
- Linguists’ Reactions
- D. A Linguist Looks At the Ebonics Debate
- Organizational Responses
- E. POLICY STATEMENT OF THE TESOL BOARD ON AFRICAN AMERICAN VERNACULAR ENGLISH1
- Recommended Readings on Ebonics
- Scholarly References and News Titles