Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education: A Bilingual Approach [Norbert Francis and Jon Reyhner]

“Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous Education provides the academic and theoretical evidence to support what many indigenous parents, bilingual aides, elders, and school board members simply know is "good practice." Francis and Reyhner also provide a significant amount of research-based evidence that policy makers-especially those not directly involved at the classroom or community level-can use, at state and federal levels, to argue for the short- and long-term academic benefits of certain models and approaches for bilingual education. This is especially important for communities who are attempting to balance the testing and teacher qualification demands of the No Child Left Behind Act with their own language and cultural priorities.”