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Direct linkChetty, Rajendra – Literacy, 2019
This article analyses the experiences of teachers of literacy working in underprivileged communities in the Western Cape, South Africa. The purpose is to provide teachers in poorly resourced schools within economically deprived areas an opportunity to voice their experiences of teaching literacy. The article is based on an empirical study using…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Disadvantaged Schools, Economically Disadvantaged
Flores, Stella M.; Batalova, Jeanne; Fix, Michael – Migration Policy Institute, 2012
About 5.3 million English Language Learners (ELLs)--students whose primary language is not English and whose English language skills are not sufficient to keep up with classes conducted only in English--are enrolled in PK-12 public schools across the United States. The number of these students increased dramatically in ten years, from 3.5 million…
Descriptors: State Standards, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Tests
Peer reviewedStevens, Gillian – American Sociological Review, 1992
Investigates the relative frequency with which U.S. subjects with a non-English first language use English vis-a-vis their other non-English languages. Data from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education (over 150,000 households) indicate that societal pressure and demographic constraints on interactions in non-English languages influence language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged
