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Direct linkBaca, Evelyn C. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This qualitative case study explored the perspectives of school administrators on implementing structured English immersion (SEI) and dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) programs serving emergent bilingual learners at one urban Arizona elementary school. Using a sociocultural policy perspective, I analyzed findings from a series of interviews…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Professional Autonomy, Administrator Attitudes, State Policy
Moore, Sarah C. K., Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2014
This book traces the recent socio-historical trajectory of educational language policy in Arizona, the state with the most restrictive English-only implementation in the United States. Chapters, each representing a case study of policy-making in the state, include: (1) SEI in Arizona: Bastion for States' Rights (Karen E. Lillie and Sarah Catherine…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language Planning, State Policy, English Only Movement
Arias, M. Beatriz, Ed.; Faltis, Christian, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2012
This volume is a unique contribution to the study of language policy and education for English Learners because it focuses on the decade long implementation of "English Only" in Arizona. How this policy influences teacher preparation and classroom practice is the central topic of this volume. Scholars and researchers present their latest…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language Acquisition, Legal Responsibility, Educational History
Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S.; Moll, Luis C. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Arizona's most recent English Language Learner (ELL) legislation, starting in the school year 2008-2009, requires all such students be educated through a specific Structured English Immersion (SEI) model: the 4-hour English Language Development (ELD) block. The basic premise behind this particular model is that ELL students…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, English Language Learners, School Districts, Models
Implementing Structured English Immersion in Arizona: Benefits, Costs, Challenges, and Opportunities
Download full textRios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Gonzalez-Canche, Manuel; Moll, Luis C. – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2010
This study conducted telephone interviews with 26 randomly selected English Language Coordinators from 26 Arizona school districts with enrollment patterns that were representative of the state as whole. Three primary questions were posed to the respondents: (a) How is the 4-hour ELD block being implemented?; (b) What are the benefits of the…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Program Implementation, Program Costs
Wright, Wayne E. – Educational Policy, 2005
Arizona's Proposition 203 places restrictions on bilingual and English-as-a-second-language programs and essentiality mandates English-only education for English language learners (ELLs). This article provides an analysis of this initiative and the wide variations in its interpretation and implementation. Data sources include official policy and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs
Combs, Mary Carol; Evans, Carol; Fletcher, Todd; Parra, Elena; Jimenez, Alicia – Educational Policy, 2005
In November 2000, Arizona voters passed Proposition 203, a law that replaced bilingual education with a 1-year program known as Structured English Immersion (SEI). Although SEI has little support in the educational or applied linguistics research literature, all English-language learners (ELLs) in Arizona are automatically placed in SEI…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs, English (Second Language)
Christian, Donna; Mahrer, Cindy – 1992
The first annual supplement to the 1991-1992 directory of two-way bilingual education programs in the United States profiles new and some existing programs in which language-minority and language-majority children are instructed in and through both languages. this volume contains data on 25 programs in Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
