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Sarah Asson; Erica Frankenberg; Clémence Darriet; Lucrecia Santibañez; Claudia Cervantes-Soon; Francesca López – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Two-way dual language immersion programs (TWDL) aim to integrate English speakers and speakers of a partner language in the same classroom to receive content instruction in both languages. Stated goals include bilingualism and biliteracy, high academic achievement, and sociocultural competence. In school districts aiming to reduce segregation,…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Language of Instruction
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Gandara, Patricia; Orfield, Gary – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background:This study grew out of a recent Supreme Court case known as "Horne v Flores." The case began in 1992 in Nogales, Arizona when a 4th grade English learner (EL), Miriam Flores, sued the district and the state for failing to provide her (and other EL students) with an appropriate education as guaranteed by the Equal Educational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, Educational Opportunities, Emotional Development