Rosalie Porter
-Eloquent. . . . By sharing her own experiences, Ms. Porter may
succeed in exposing the inanity of current bilingual education
policy.- --Linda Chavez, Wall Street Journal -[Forked Tongue] is
Porter's chronicle of her struggles with parents who demanded one
thing and bureaucrats who demanded the opposite. Through it all,
she has managed to work toward a vision of integrated schools that
is true to her childhood experience of what hurt and what helped.-
--Christina Robb, The Boston Globe -Makes a persuasive case against
ethnic empire-building. . . . It suggests that much time and money
may have been wasted in classrooms where children were supposed to
be learning to read and write English and did not.- --Andrew
Hacker, New York Review of Books -Porter's criticism of what
bilingual education has become is devastating--and will be perilous
to ignore.- --Joan Beck, The Chicago Tribune -[Porter] writes with
skill, verve, insight, compassion, and not a little fury. . . .
Forked Tongue is . . . a forthright, surgically precise
prescription for the intelligent way (or ways) to help children
know the language of their fathers and also master the language of
their new land. . . . Forked Tongue has so much in it crying out
for quotation that the reviewer can barely stop.- --David Brudnoy,
Human Events -This volume should be read by all bilingual educators
in the US.- --Choice -No one who is seriously interested in the
education of English-deficient Hispanics and other students can
afford to ignore Porter's eye-opening account of how bilingual
education in America has failed the very students it purports to
serve.- --Richard Estrada, Dallas Morning News -Written from the
heart by someone who experienced firsthand the trials and rewards
of adopting a new language with a new land, this is a must-read for
an insider's perspective on bilingual education.- --Kathryn
Bricker, The Social Contract -Forked Tongue exposes us to the
tragi-comic results of bureaucratic logic applied to a specific
aspect of the education system. It is a fearless work, as evidenced
by its straightforward way of dealing with the looming question:
'Is the maintenance of family cultures to be a mandated
responsibility of the public schools?' The author's refreshingly
simple answer: No.- --Allen Randolph, National Review -Porter
dispels many of the myths and misconceptions that infest bilingual
education today . . . with sensitivity and insight.- --Chester E.
Finn, Jr., Director, Educational Excellence Network
"Eloquent. . . . By sharing her own experiences, Ms. Porter may
succeed in exposing the inanity of current bilingual education
policy." --Linda Chavez, Wall Street Journal "[Forked Tongue] is
Porter's chronicle of her struggles with parents who demanded one
thing and bureaucrats who demanded the opposite. Through it all,
she has managed to work toward a vision of integrated schools that
is true to her childhood experience of what hurt and what helped."
--Christina Robb, The Boston Globe "Makes a persuasive case against
ethnic empire-building. . . . It suggests that much time and money
may have been wasted in classrooms where children were supposed to
be learning to read and write English and did not." --Andrew
Hacker, New York Review of Books "Porter's criticism of what
bilingual education has become is devastating--and will be perilous
to ignore." --Joan Beck, The Chicago Tribune "[Porter] writes with
skill, verve, insight, compassion, and not a little fury. . . .
Forked Tongue is . . . a forthright, surgically precise
prescription for the intelligent way (or ways) to help children
know the language of their fathers and also master the language of
their new land. . . . Forked Tongue has so much in it crying out
for quotation that the reviewer can barely stop." --David Brudnoy,
Human Events "This volume should be read by all bilingual educators
in the US." --Choice "No one who is seriously interested in the
education of English-deficient Hispanics and other students can
afford to ignore Porter's eye-opening account of how bilingual
education in America has failed the very students it purports to
serve." --Richard Estrada, Dallas Morning News "Written from the
heart by someone who experienced firsthand the trials and rewards
of adopting a new language with a new land, this is a must-read for
an insider's perspective on bilingual education." --Kathryn
Bricker, The Social Contract "Forked Tongue exposes us to the
tragi-comic results of bureaucratic logic applied to a specific
aspect of the education system. It is a fearless work, as evidenced
by its straightforward way of dealing with the looming question:
'Is the maintenance of family cultures to be a mandated
responsibility of the public schools?' The author's refreshingly
simple answer: No." --Allen Randolph, National Review "Porter
dispels many of the myths and misconceptions that infest bilingual
education today . . . with sensitivity and insight." --Chester E.
Finn, Jr., Director, Educational Excellence Network
"Eloquent. . . . By sharing her own experiences, Ms. Porter may
succeed in exposing the inanity of current bilingual education
policy." --Linda Chavez, Wall Street Journal "[Forked Tongue] is
Porter's chronicle of her struggles with parents who demanded one
thing and bureaucrats who demanded the opposite. Through it all,
she has managed to work toward a vision of integrated schools that
is true to her childhood experience of what hurt and what helped."
--Christina Robb, The Boston Globe "Makes a persuasive case against
ethnic empire-building. . . . It suggests that much time and money
may have been wasted in classrooms where children were supposed to
be learning to read and write English and did not." --Andrew
Hacker, New York Review of Books "Porter's criticism of what
bilingual education has become is devastating--and will be perilous
to ignore." --Joan Beck, The Chicago Tribune "[Porter] writes with
skill, verve, insight, compassion, and not a little fury. . . .
Forked Tongue is . . . a forthright, surgically precise
prescription for the intelligent way (or ways) to help children
know the language of their fathers and also master the language of
their new land. . . . Forked Tongue has so much in it crying out
for quotation that the reviewer can barely stop." --David Brudnoy,
Human Events "This volume should be read by all bilingual educators
in the US." --Choice "No one who is seriously interested in the
education of English-deficient Hispanics and other students can
afford to ignore Porter's eye-opening account of how bilingual
education in America has failed the very students it purports to
serve." --Richard Estrada, Dallas Morning News "Written from the
heart by someone who experienced firsthand the trials and rewards
of adopting a new language with a new land, this is a must-read for
an insider's perspective on bilingual education." --Kathryn
Bricker, The Social Contract "Forked Tongue exposes us to the
tragi-comic results of bureaucratic logic applied to a specific
aspect of the education system. It is a fearless work, as evidenced
by its straightforward way of dealing with the looming question:
'Is the maintenance of family cultures to be a mandated
responsibility of the public schools?' The author's refreshingly
simple answer: No." --Allen Randolph, National Review "Porter
dispels many of the myths and misconceptions that infest bilingual
education today . . . with sensitivity and insight." --Chester E.
Finn, Jr., Director, Educational Excellence Network
"Porter dispels many of the myths and misconceptions that infest
bilingual education today . . . with sensitivity and
insight."--Chester E. Finn, Jr., professor of education and public
policy, Vanderbilt University, and director, Educational Excellence
Network
"Makes a persuasive case against ethnic empire-building. . . . It
suggests that much time and money may have been wasted in
classrooms where children were supposed to be learning to read and
write English and did not."--Andrew Hacker, New York Review of
Books
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