Robert Phillipson (linguistic imperialism, English as a '€˜world'€™ language, language policy) is emeritus professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (Emerita) has been actively involved with struggles for language rights for five decades. Her research interests include linguistic human rights, linguistic genocide, linguicism (linguistically argued racism), mother-tongue-based multilingual education and the relationship between linguistic and cultural diversity and biodiversity. Ajit Mohanty (psycholinguistics, multilingualism and multilingual education focusing on education, poverty and disadvantage among linguistic minorities) and Minati Panda (mathematical discourse and learning, cognition, culture, curricular and pedagogic issues and social exclusion) are both professors at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Noble in purpose, this volume contains many valuable accounts of efforts toward righting longstanding inequities of education in multilingual settings around the world -- from the highlands of Nepal and tribal language communities of India, to the Sámi lands of Scandinavia, to Native North America, and more. The authors passionately portray how very deeply languages matter, for every learner and all learners.

• Editors' ForewordPart 1: Introduction1. Multilingual Education: A Bridge too Far? - Ajit MohantyPart 2: Multilingual Education: Approaches and Constraints2. Fundamental Psycholinguistic and Sociological Principles Underlying Educational Success for Linguistic Minority Students - Jim Cummins3. Multilingual Education for Global Justice: Issues, Approaches, Opportunities - Tove Skutnabb-Kangas4. Designing Effective Schooling in Multilingual Contexts: Going Beyond Bilingual Models - Carol BensonPart 3: Global and Local Tensions and Promises in Multilingual Education5. The Tension Between Linguistic Diversity and Dominant English - Robert Phillipson6. Literacy and Bi/multilingual Education in Africa: Recovering Collective Memory and Expertise - Kathleen Heugh7. Empowering Indigenous Languages: What can be Learned from Native American Experiences? - Teresa L. McCarty8. Education, Multilingualism and Translanguaging in the 21st Century - Ofelia Garcia9. Privileging Indigenous Knowledges: Empowering Multilingual Education in Nepal - David Hough, Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar, Amrit Yonjan-Tamang and Iina Nurmela10. The Caste System Approach to Multilingualism in Canada: Linguistic and Cultural Minority Children in French Immersion - Shelley K. TaylorPart 4: Multilingual Education in Theory and Practice - Diversity in Indigenous/Tribal Experience11. The Contribution of Post-colonial Theory to Intercultural Bilingual Education in Peru: An Indigenous Teacher Training Programme - Susanne Jacobsen Perez12. Reversing Language Shift Through a Native Language Immersion Teacher Training Programme in Canada - Andrea Bear Nicholas13. The Ethnic Revival, Language and Education of the Sa'mi, an Indigenous People, in Three Nordic Countries (Finland, Norway and Sweden) - Ulla Aikio-Puoskari14. Hundreds of Home Languages in the Country and many in most Classrooms: Coping with Diversity in Primary Education in India - Dhir Jhingran15. Overcoming the Language Barrier for Tribal Children: Multilingual Education in Andhra Pradesh and Orissa, India - Ajit Mohanty, Mahendra Kumar Mishra, N. Upender Reddy and Gumidyal RameshPart 5: Analysing Prospects for Multilingual Education to Increase Social Justice16. Language Matters, so does Culture: Beyond the Rhetoric of Culture in Multilingual Education - Minati Panda and Ajit Mohanty17. Multilingual Education Concepts, Goals, Needs and Expense: English for all or Achieving Justice?- Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Robert Phillipson, Minati Panda, Ajit MohantyReferencesSubject indexPerson index