The first critical ethnography of bilingual education in Japan. Based on fieldwork at five different schools, this examines the role of schools in the unequal distribution of bilingualism as cultural capital. It argues that schooling gives children unequal access to bilingualism thus socializing them into different futures.

Imagined Communities and Educational Possibilities focuses on three main themes: imaged communities expand the range of possible selves, technological advances in the last two decades have had a significant impact on what is possible to imagine, and imagination at even the most personal level is related to social ideologies and hegemonies. The diverse studies in this issue demonstrate convincingly that learners and teachers are capable of imagining the world as different from prevailing realities. Moreover, time and energy can be invested to strive for the realization of alternative...

An examination of the changing linguistic and cultural identities of bilingual students through the narratives of four Japanese returnees (kikokushijo) as they spent their adolescent years in North America and then returned to Japan to attend university. As adolescents, these students were polarized toward one language and culture over the other, but through a period of difficult readjustment in Japan they became increasingly more sophisticated in negotiating their identities and more appreciative of their hybrid selves. Yasuko Kanno analyses how educational institutions both in their host...

Currently, linguistic minority students -- students who speak a language other than English at home -- represent 21% of the entire K-12 studentpopulation and 11% of the college student population. Bringing together emerging scholarship on the growing number of college-bound linguisticminority students in the K-12 pipeline, this ground-breaking volume showcases new research on these students' preparation for, access to, andpersistence in college.

Currently, linguistic minority students -- students who speak a language other than English at home -- represent 21% of the entire K-12 studentpopulation and 11% of the college student population. Bringing together emerging scholarship on the growing number of college-bound linguisticminority students in the K-12 pipeline, this ground-breaking volume showcases new research on these students' preparation for, access to, andpersistence in college.

Imagined Communities and Educational Possibilities focuses on three main themes: imaged communities expand the range of possible selves, technological advances in the last two decades have had a significant impact on what is possible to imagine, and imagination at even the most personal level is related to social ideologies and hegemonies. The diverse studies in this issue demonstrate convincingly that learners and teachers are capable of imagining the world as different from prevailing realities. Moreover, time and energy can be invested to strive for the realization of alternative...