@inbook{8adf648934f64fc6a77fa66e7f504683,
title = "Threatened Closure: Resistance and Compromise (1998–2000)",
abstract = "This chapter begins Part 3 of the book by considering the official decision in 1998 to phase out bilingual programs and the vigorous campaigns such as such as the {\textquoteleft}Don{\textquoteright}t cut out our tongues{\textquoteright} movement mounted in opposition by program staff, community members and academics. The next move by the Northern Territory government was to commission an independent review of Indigenous education. The Collin{\textquoteright}s Report, which emerged from that review, identified weaknesses in the program, but no justification for closing it. Despite this, a number of schools lost their programs in the wake of the official decision. One recommendation from the report, which was taken up, was to adopt the term {\textquoteleft}Two-way education{\textquoteright}. Some of the developments and confusions that arose are detailed in the chapter. Many of the themes touched on in Part 3 are mirrored globally by contestations concerning bilingual education and mother tongue instruction programs.",
author = "Brian Devlin",
year = "2017",
doi = "10.1007/978-981-10-2078-0_14",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789811020766",
series = "Language Policy",
publisher = "Springer Singapore",
pages = "165--178",
editor = "Brian Devlin and Samantha Disbray and Nancy Devlin",
booktitle = "History of bilingual education in the Northern Territory",
edition = "1",
}