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Download full textParrish, Thomas B.; Merickel, Amy; Perez, Maria; Linquanti, Robert; Socias, Miguel; Spain, Angeline; Speroni, Cecilia; Esra, Phil; Brock, Leslie; Delancey, Danielle – American Institutes for Research, 2006
In June of 1998, Proposition 227 was passed by 61 percent of the California electorate. The initiative was intended to significantly alter the ways in which the state's English learners (ELs) are taught. Proposition 227 requires that ELs be taught "overwhelmingly in English" through sheltered/structured English immersion (SEI) programs…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language)
Direct linkStritikus, Tom T. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2006
In this article, I examine the implications of additive and subtractive conceptions for the education of English language learner (ELL) students. To understand how competing theories regarding the education of ELL students materialize into action, I examine select findings from one district's implementation of Proposition 227. Focusing on the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, Grade 3
Peer reviewedMora, Jill Kerper; Wink, Joan; Wink, Dawn – Bilingual Research Journal, 2001
Describes dual language instruction models, and presents a paradigm for examining congruence among theoretical models, teacher beliefs, and actual classroom practices to determine program effectiveness. Examples illustrate implementation pitfalls. Analysis of Proposition 227 finds it to be a decontextualized procedural model; it has an incoherent…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Criticism, Educational Principles, Educational Theories
