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Educating Children Of Immigrant Workers: Language Policies In France & The Usa, Stephen A. Rosenbaum

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This article presents a comparative overview of education law and policy addressing the linguistic and cultural needs of migrant children in two destination countries of immigration. The author relies on the experience of the United States and France as two important immigrant host countries in the industrialized west, or Global North. Part I documents the legal instruments, i.e. the major legislative acts, administrative regulations and judicial decisions, adopted in both countries. Part II compares and critiques the policies promoted by the law in these two countries. Both France and the U.S. have instituted educational programs designed to meet the special …