This volume shows how linguistics can be integrated into school curricula, presenting research and practice in the field of language within education.

Biographical sketches of contributors; Foreword Ray Jackendoff; Introduction Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck; Part I. Linguistics from the Top Down: Encouraging Institutional Change: Introduction to Part one Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck; 1. Ideologies of language, art, and science Edwin Battistella; 2. Bringing linguistics into the school curriculum: not one less Wayne O'Neil; 3. How linguistics has influenced schools in England Richard Hudson; 4. Supporting the teaching of knowledge about language in Scottish schools Graeme Trousdale; 5. Envisioning linguistics in secondary education: an Australian exemplar Jean Mulder; 6. Linguistics and educational standards: the California experience Carol Lord and Sharon Klein; 7. Developing sociolinguistic curricula that help teachers meet standards Jeffrey Reaser; 8. Linguistic development in children's writing: changing classroom pedagogies Debra Myhill; Part II. Linguistics from the Bottom Up: Encouraging Classroom Change: Introduction to Part two Kristin Denham and Anne Lobeck; 9. From cold shoulder to funded welcome: lessons from the trenches of dialectally diverse classrooms Rebecca S. Wheeler; 10. Positioning linguists as learners in K-12 schools Long Peng and Jean Ann; 11. Fostering teacher change: effective professional development for sociolinguistic diversity Julie Sweetland; 12. On promoting linguistics literacy: bringing language science to the English classroom Maya Honda, Wayne O'Neil, and David Pippin; 13. Linguistics in a primary school Kristin Denham; 14. Educating linguists: how partner teaching enriches linguistics Anne Lobeck; 15. The linguistics Olympiads: academic competitions in linguistics for secondary school students Ivan Derzhanski and Thomas Payne; Part III. Vignettes: Voices from the Classroom: 16. And you can all say haboo: enriching the standard language arts curriculum with linguistic analysis Angela Roh; 17. Code switching: connecting written and spoken language patterns Karren Mayer and Kirstin New; 18. A primary teacher's linguistic journey Deidre Carlson; 19. Why do VCE English language? Caroline Thomas and Sara Wawer; 20. Language lessons in an American middle school Athena McNulty; 21 The diary of Opal Whiteley: a literary and linguistic mystery David Pippin; 22. Using the voices of North Carolina curriculum Leatha Fields Carey and Suzanne Sweat; 23. A-level English language teaching in London Dan Clayton; Bibliography.