附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ebonics: Background to the Policy Debate; Using the Vernacular to Teach the Standard1; Educational Implications of Ebonics; Black Language and the Education of Black Children: One Mo Once; Ebonics and Education in the Context of Culture: Meeting the Language and Cultural Needs of English Learning African American Students; Language Varieties in the School Curriculum: Where Do They Belong and How Will They Get There?; Introduction; Oakland Uni.ed School District's Resolution; Original Oakland Unified School District Resolution on Ebonics.
摘要:This collection of papers, comments, and documents traces the distant and recent history of the Ebonics debate in the USA. The book examines how, despite increasing access to public education over the past century, schools continue to impose language standards and expectations on children that methodically privileges some, while disadvantagingothers.