Only English...?
The debate over English-only education in the US is a fascinating example of how a state's linguistic policy has serious implications for it's internal cultural and identity dynamics.
There are a slew of news articles examining the high-level political arguments. Here's a few: Forbes, Washington Post, channel3000.
I wonder if, in the way that the debate is tied with questions of ownership, centre-periphery relations and the linking of language to a particular cultural history, the debate isn't an analogue of broader questions regarding 'Global English' and state's approach to it?