This classic text integrates theory and practice to provide comprehensive c overage of bilingual and ESL education. The text covers the foundations of bilingual and ESL education (who the students are, what the policies are an d have been, the role and development of language and culture) and provides a strong focus on what the teacher needs to know in a bilingual classroom (such as instruction strategies, teaching in content areas, assessment, and working with students with special needs). Woven throughout the text are q uotes from bilingual and ESL students and teachers that illuminate the bili ngual/ESL learning and teaching experience.