Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments. This thought-provoking work is an ideal textbook for future teachers as well as providing a fresh view of the subject for school administrators and policy makers.

-Provides an overview of bilingual education theories and practices throughout the world

-Extends traditional conceptions of bilingualism and bilingual education to include global and local concerns in the 21st century

-Questions assumptions regarding language, bilingualism and bilingual education, and proposes a new theoretical framework and alternative views of teaching and assessment practices

-Reviews international bilingual education policies, with separate chapters dedicated to US and EU language policy in education

-Gives reasons why bilingual education is good for all children throughout the world, and presents cases of how this is being carried out

"After this book, there is no need for another book on bi/multilingual education for a decade. With its creativity, new conceptualizations, enormous worldwide knowledge and unusual combination of path-breaking theory and insider knowledge about schools, this is, The Book on bilingual education." -Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, University of Roskilde