%0 Book %E August, Diane %E Hakuta, Kenji %T Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children: A Research Agenda %@ 978-0-309-05497-3 %D 1997 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5286/improving-schooling-for-language-minority-children-a-research-agenda %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/5286/improving-schooling-for-language-minority-children-a-research-agenda %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Education %P 499 %R doi:10.17226/5286 %X How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken? In Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children, a committee of experts focuses on this central question, striving toward the construction of a strong and credible knowledge base to inform the activities of those who educate children as well as those who fund and conduct research. The book reviews a broad range of studies—from basic ones on language, literacy, and learning to others in educational settings. The committee proposes a research agenda that responds to issues of policy and practice yet maintains scientific integrity. This comprehensive volume provides perspective on the history of bilingual education in the United States; summarizes relevant research on development of a second language, literacy, and content knowledge; reviews past evaluation studies; explores what we know about effective schools and classrooms for these children; examines research on the education of teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students; critically reviews the system for the collection of education statistics as it relates to this student population; and recommends changes in the infrastructure that supports research on these students.