1. An Introduction to Language Variation in America 2. Exploring Dialects 3. Variation in Dialect Systems 4. Languages in Contact 5. Establishing Language Norms 6. Dialects and Language Assessment 7. Dialect Policy and Oral Language Program Development 8. Dialects and Writing 9. Language Variation and Reading 10. Dialect Awareness for Students Appendix

Jeffrey Reaser is an Associate Professor, North Carolina State University, USA.

Carolyn Temple Adger is a Senior Fellow, Center for Applied Linguistics, USA.

Walt Wolfram is William C. Friday Distinguished University Professor, North Carolina State University, USA.

Donna Christian is a Senior Fellow and former President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Applied Linguistics, USA.

Dialects at School illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students' speech and writing, teaching Standard English, teaching students about dialects, and distinguishing dialect difference from language disorders. It approaches these issues from a practical perspective rooted in sociolinguistic research.