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The Creation of an Underclass: A Critical Analysis of California Teacher Education Programs with an Emphasis on Deaf Teacher Education.

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Touchstone, Ellen E.; Youmans, Madeline – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1995

Examines California's English-Language Arts Framework, a literacy policy for schoolchildren, focusing on its effects on deaf students and suggesting that it has problems. The article highlights the mismatch between stated policy and its implementation at the teacher training level, discussing literacy policy at the preservice level. (SM)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Basic Skills, Communication Disorders, Cultural Pluralism