American Immigrant: My Life in Three Languages

by Porter,Rosalie

• ISBN13: 9781412818353
• ISBN10: 1412818354
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-05-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Immigration is one of the most contentious issues in twenty-first-century America. In forty years, the American population has doubled from 150 to 300 million, about half of the increase due to immigration. Discussions involving legal and illegal status, assimilation or separatism, and language unity or multilingualism continue to spark debate. American Immigrant is part memoir and part account of Rosalie Pedalino Porter's professional activities as a national authority on immigrant education and bilingualism.

Author Biography

Rosalie Pedalino Porter advises school districts and the U.S. Congress on education policy. She writes for national publications, has lectured widely in the U.S. and other countries, and now resides in Singer Island, Florida and Amherst, Massachusetts. She is the author of Forked Tongue: The Politics of Bilingual Education and Language and Literacy for English Learners: Grades 7-12.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Prologue	p. xvii
Early Years, Early Struggles
La Storia (In the beginning …)	p. 3
Life in Depression-era New Jersey	p. 17
High School	p. 42
Earning a Living, Getting a Life
Women's World of Work	p. 61
Love Stories	p. 90
Photographs	p. 125
Parallel Lives, Power Shifts
An Enduring Partnership Begins	p. 143
Ascendant	p. 176
The Decade of Emerging Women	p. 214
My Turn: The Newton Decade	p. 289
Transformations, Resolutions
Winding Down	p. 385
Legal and Political Advocacy for Immigrant Children	p. 410
Resolutions and Rewards	p. 433
About the Author
Appendices
Selected Publications by the Author	p. 459
Court Cases and Consulting	p. 463
Endnotes
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