This much-needed volume is an edited collection of primary sources thatdocument the history of bilingual education in U.S. public schools during thenineteenth and twentieth centuries. Part I of the volume examines thedevelopment of dual-language programs for immigrants, colonized Mexicans, andNative Americans during the nineteenth century. Part II considers the attacks onbilingual education during the Progressive-era drive for an English-onlycurriculum and during the First World War. Part III explores the resurgence of bilingual activities, particularlyamong Spanish speakers and Native Americans, during the interwar period and details the rise of the federalgovernment's involvement in bilingual instruction during the post-WWII decades. Part IV of the volumeexamines the recent campaigns against bilingual education and explores dual-language practices in today'sclassrooms. A compilation of school reports, letters, government documents, and other primary sources, thisvolume provides rich insights into the history of this very contentious educational policy and practice and will beof great interest to historians and language scholars, as well as to educational practitioners and policymakers.