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Hill, Laura; Betts, Julian; Hopkins, Megan; Lavadenz, Magaly; Bachofer, Karen; Hayes, Joseph; Lee, Andrew; Murillo, Marco A.; Vahdani, Tara; Zau, Andrew C. – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
English Learners are an important part of California's K12 student population. Over 40 percent of students in California's K-12 education system speak a language other than English at home. Almost half of these students are considered English Learners (ELs), meaning they require additional language and academic support to succeed in school. In…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Needs, Barriers, Second Language Learning
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Kissau, Scott – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2005
An analysis was conducted of relevant documents published by federal and provincial governments and other French as a Second Language (FSL) stakeholders to examine whether governmental and school board policies are contributing to the general decline in status of FSL instruction in Canada. Federal documents published by the Office of the…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Boards of Education
Yang, Hua; Murray, Wayne – 2001
The rapid increase in the number of limited-English- proficient (LEP) students in U.S. schools is due not only to immigration, but also to the inability of LEP students in existing bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language programs to meet the criteria for entering the mainstream classroom. In the Dallas public schools, nearly half of all LEP…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Board of Education Policy, English (Second Language), Graduation Requirements