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Amy J. Heineke; Kristin J. Davin – Urban Education, 2025
The Seal of Biliteracy (SoBL) is a language education policy adopted by states to recognize students' biliteracy. Originally implemented in high schools to recognize graduating seniors, the initiative also includes pathway awards, which can be implemented in earlier grades to promote lengthier language study and increase biliteracy attainment.…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education, Program Implementation
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Kotok, Stephen; DeMatthews, David – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2018
Nationally, schools are increasingly segregated by race and poverty as a result of demographic shifts and a changing legal and political landscape. Based on evidence that students benefit academically and socially from attending integrating settings, many school districts are exploring options for providing diverse learning experiences. We examine…
Descriptors: School Segregation, Student Diversity, Diversity (Institutional), Desegregation Methods
Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2024
High-quality dual language immersion (DLI) programs can be a key lever to provide every student with a pathway to multilingualism. The Dual Language Immersion Playbooks (DLI Playbooks) provide a roadmap for the creation, design and adoption of policies, processes, programs, and practices that state educational agencies (SEAs), local educational…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Alberto Vazquez Matos – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the current shortage of certified dual-language and bilingual teachers at dual-language programs. Currently, there exist problems surrounding the wider implementation of dual-language education programs as a result of the widespread teacher shortages, which has been shown in the literature to drastically…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Public Schools, School Districts
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Sanders, Schalea S. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
Reading and writing translate to centuries of shared knowledge and can be expanded upon with the ability to acquire multiple tongues. In response to today's most widely spoken languages, Chinese/English and Spanish/English dual language immersion programs continue to grow across the United States. Unfortunately, the lack of uniformity in the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Chinese, Spanish, Immersion Programs
Monica B. Medina – ProQuest LLC, 2020
With the immense growth of Latinos dual language programs are frequently and rapidly being implemented in school at all levels across Pk-12. Currently, without requirements of specializations or certifications to demonstrate expertise in Bilingual or bicultural education, administrators are left to lead dual language schools using only what they…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Administrator Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Sugarman, Julie – Migration Policy Institute, 2018
The instructional programs educators design to help English Learner (EL) students work toward English proficiency look different in schools across the United States. This is due in part to the variety of approaches K-12 educators take to important questions such as: Should the program foster bilingualism or focus solely on English? Should ELs…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Models, Elementary Secondary Education, Second Language Instruction
Parres, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2017
English language learners (ELLs) are a significant and growing subset of the school age population across the United States. The projected growth of ELL students is significant and poses unique challenges for school districts when assessing bilingual students for special education. The state of California has the most ELL students in the nation…
Descriptors: School Districts, School Psychologists, Administrator Guides, Systems Approach
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Fitzsimmons-Doolan, Shannon; Palmer, Deborah; Henderson, Kathryn – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
Dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs are framed to reflect pluralist discourses (de Jong, E. [2013]. "Policy Discourses and U.S. Language in Education Policies." "Peabody Journal of Education" 88 (1): 98-111) and affiliated language ideologies. The continued expansion of DLBE programs not surprisingly brings to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Bilingual Education Programs, Qualitative Research, English (Second Language)
Orr, Aline – Online Submission, 2016
In Fall 2016, bilingual specialists were hired in the Austin Independent School District to provide support to campuses implementing the re-designed dual language program. This report summarizes the services provided by these specialists to administrators, campus staff, and teachers in Fall 2016.
Descriptors: School Districts, Bilingualism, Specialists, Bilingual Education Programs
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Ozfidan, Burhan; Burlbaw, Lynn M. – Journal of Educational Issues, 2017
This study examines the bilingual education in Spain and in Canada, and discusses their historical backgrounds, current bilingual education programs in use, and teacher proficiency within their bilingual education programs. The purpose of this study is to examine these two countries' bilingual education programs and find a way to implement a…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Bilingual Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
Ng, Chin Leong Patrick – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
In 1966, the Singapore Government implemented the English-knowing bilingual policy which made it mandatory for all Chinese students to study English as a "First Language" and the Chinese language (CL) as a "Mother Tongue Language" in Singapore schools. Using key literature relevant to Singapore's bilingual educational policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Chinese
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Wells, John – International Education Studies, 2008
This paper provides a critical analysis of the National Bilingual Programme in Colombia. It considers how and why it aims to extend the teaching of "a" foreign language in Primary and Secondary school in 1994, to the teaching of English to an internationally recognized standard in all sectors of education by 2019, while at the same time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1980
Guidelines are presented for conducting a workshop on the process of describing and documenting the implementation of bilingual programs. The workshop is part of the Bilingual Evaluation Technical Assistance project. After examining how to organize the workshop, the following aids are presented: a preworkshop preparation checklist; a sample room…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Information Needs
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Lewis, Gerald R.; And Others – Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 1985
This study of the primary restraining and driving forces that influence Title VII bilingual education programs found the external environment, the local community, to be the main factor influencing institutionalization and self-renewal. The internal environment--the local school, and the local school's organization or central office, school board,…
Descriptors: Administration, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
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